Category Archives: Canada

Survey suggests Canadians see better world reputation under Trudeau Liberals
OTTAWA - In the minds of Canadians, their country’s reputation on the world stage has improved under the Trudeau Liberals, according to a new poll from Nanos Research and the Institute for Resea...
Dec 28, 2016
Crown in Quebec won't appeal rejection of evidence obtained through photo radar
MONTREAL - The Crown won’t appeal a Quebec court decision that rejected evidence obtained from a photo radar machine. One month after a woman was spared from having to p...
Dec 28, 2016
Search suspended for missing B.C. men amid bad weather, high avalanche risk
VANCOUVER - Bad weather and a risk of avalanche forced crews to suspend the search for two Vancouver-area men missing in the frigid backcountry of Vancouver’s North Shore. Forty-three-...
Dec 28, 2016

Family calls for road-safety changes after cyclist dies in N.B. training crash
SUSSEX, N.B. - A competitive cyclist who died after being hit by a vehicle while training in New Brunswick was a positive, vibrant woman who was poised to go professional next year, her frie...
Dec 28, 2016
Advocates hopeful Canada will stop criminalizing non-disclosure of HIV status
OTTAWA - Marjorie Schenkels had unprotected sex three times with a friend, while they both had been drinking, as she was going through a difficult and volatile time in her life. The Manitoba woman was...
Dec 28, 2016
Bomber with aplomb: football player tackles role in 'The Nutcracker' ballet
WINNIPEG - Maurice Leggett is used to wearing tights - on the football field. Still, a few people were disappointed when the Winnipeg Blue Bomber told them that he won’t be pulling on ...
Dec 28, 2016

Canadians face some tax changes in the new year after a busy 2016
MONTREAL - Canadians will ring in the new year with a number of tax changes that will affect the bottom line of federal and provincial governments. Here’s a look at some of them: Nationally: The...
Dec 28, 2016

New species wash up dead on N.S. beaches:'We're going back to the drawing board'
PLYMPTON, N.S. - Western Nova Scotia’s mysterious fish kill has spread to new species, with scores of dead starfish, clams, lobsters and mussels now washing ashore alongside thousands of he...
Dec 28, 2016
Relative faces drunk driving charges after couple killed walking on N.L. road
CORNER BROOK, N.L. - People in a Newfoundland fishing village are mourning the deaths of a couple who were run down as they walked home from a Christmas gathering, allegedly by a relati...
Dec 28, 2016
Southern Ontario police force releases annual list of silliest 911 calls
CHATHAM-KENT, Ont. - A police force in southwestern Ontario has released a list of the silliest 911 calls it received in 2016, including one where a resident called the emerge...
Dec 28, 2016