Category Archives: Canada
N.S. jet crash lawsuit: Transport Canada included in class-action certification
HALIFAX - Transport Canada has failed in its bid to be excluded from a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of passengers aboard an Air Canada jet that crashed at the Halifax airport du...
Dec 13, 2016
Fender-bender complaint leads police to massive weapons arsenal near Montreal
LONGUEUIL, Que. - A fender-bender has resulted in a spectacular weapons seizure at a home south of Montreal. Longueuil police say a criminal complaint resulting from the accident last week&n...
Dec 13, 2016
Puppy thrown into air, allowed to hit cement doing well in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - A German shepherd puppy thrown into the air and allowed to slam into concrete in Manitoba is doing well and has found a forever home. Dr. Corey Bartley of Dakota Veterinary Hospital in Winn...
Dec 13, 2016
Alberta opposition boycotts panel on children in care; says panel lacks teeth
EDMONTON - An Alberta legislature panel looking at ways to keep children safe in government care has morphed into a standoff between parties on both sides of the aisle. Leaders of the f...
Dec 13, 2016
The unspoken issue in N.S. teachers' dispute:inclusion of special-needs students
HALIFAX - It is the unspoken heart of the province’s bitter contract dispute with Nova Scotia’s public school teachers: Classroom composition, and inclusion of students with special needs....
Dec 13, 2016
Woman wants apology after laptop destroyed in Regina airport security detention
REGINA - A Saskatchewan woman says she was humiliated and wants an apology for being detained at the Regina International Airport and having her laptop destroyed. Tracey Britton was heading to Pe...
Dec 13, 2016
Key recommendations of the federal task force on cannabis legalization
OTTAWA - Key recommendations of the federal task force on legalization and regulation of cannabis, which released its final report Tuesday: - Set a national minimum age of purchase of 18, allowin...
Dec 13, 2016
Abuse claimants head back to court as Mount Cashel orphanage lawsuit winds down
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Men who claim church officials ignored reports of horrific abuse at the Mount Cashel orphanage in Newfoundland are expected back in court Wednesday. Their civil lawsuit w...
Dec 13, 2016
New Brunswick Sen. John Wallace retiring after eight years in upper chamber
OTTAWA - A one-time Conservative senator from New Brunswick says he has served long enough in the Senate and is ready to step down now - several years before his mandatory retirement date. Now-indepen...
Dec 13, 2016
New Brunswick government recommends winter tires but won't make them mandatory
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick is resisting renewed calls to make snow tires mandatory, as provinces across the country take different legislative approaches to the annual slip and slide of win...
Dec 13, 2016