Category Archives: Canada

Saskatchewan says it is helping community traumatized by school shooting
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says it has been supporting a remote northern community where local leaders say they feel abandoned since a deadly school shooting almost a year ago. In ...
Jan 10, 2017

Man convicted in connection with swimmer's 1989 death faces manslaughter charge
MONTREAL - A man convicted of leaving the scene in the 1989 hit-and-run death of Canadian swimming icon Victor Davis was arraigned Tuesday on a manslaughter charge in a separate case. Glen C...
Jan 10, 2017
Program to arm Kurds will require controls, government says
OTTAWA - Canada wants “adequate controls” in place before sending arms to Kurdish forces in Iraq, as human rights groups warn that weapons supplied by the U.S. and other countries are...
Jan 10, 2017
Case in alleged Quebec school plot delayed until Feb. 7 after lawyer switch
SAINT-HYACINTHE, Que. - One of two Quebec teens charged with conspiracy to commit murder and sexual assault in an alleged plot against some of their classmates has switched lawyers. The case agai...
Jan 10, 2017
Justin Trudeau's federal cabinet following Tuesday's modest shuffle
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has shuffled his federal cabinet. Here’s what it looks like now: Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth...
Jan 10, 2017

Cabinet shuffle: meet the new ministers around PM Trudeau's table
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brought three not-so-familiar faces into his federal cabinet Tuesday and placed them in key roles. Here’s a closer look: Francois-Philippe C...
Jan 10, 2017

NDP criticized for singling out Nova Scotia billionaire in wealth-gap critique
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s NDP is being criticized for singling out one of the province’s wealthiest businessmen and philanthropists, as it condemned the Liberal government on income ine...
Jan 10, 2017
OPG report on planned nuclear waste bunker blasted as 'inadequate'
TORONTO - Opponents of a planned nuclear waste bunker have hit back at a report affirming the Lake Huron shoreline as the best place to locate the facility. They also claim the federal government is t...
Jan 10, 2017

Nova Scotia tragedy: hospital did not turn away anyone, doctor says
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - A senior medical official in Nova Scotia is challenging allegations that a former soldier who killed his family before committing suicide was turned away from an Anti...
Jan 10, 2017
Drunk driver Marco Muzzo says lawsuit from Neville-Lake family should be reduced
NEWMARKET, Ont. - A drunk driver who killed three children and their grandfather in a collision north of Toronto in 2015 says he is liable for the crash, but argues the amount of damages sou...
Jan 10, 2017