Category Archives: Canada
No personal info stolen in recruiting website attack: National Defence
OTTAWA - National Defence says it does not appear any personal data was stolen when the military’s recruiting website was attacked this week, though it wouldn’t say when the site will be f...
Nov 18, 2016
Vancouver airport, port dispute MP's suggestion of catastrophic flood risk
OTTAWA - A Liberal MP has been taken to task by the Vancouver airport and port authorities for suggesting their facilities are at risk of catastrophic flooding. Adam Vaughan made the suggestion in an ...
Nov 18, 2016
Crown appeals stay of four-year-old first-degree murder charge; wants trial
TORONTO - The prosecution has decided to appeal a stay of proceedings against an Ottawa man charged with first-degree murder. Superior Court Justice Julianne Parfett ordered the stay against Adam Pica...
Nov 18, 2016
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Nov. 18 --- CALLS FOR FEDS TO DECLARE EMERGENCY DUE TO OPIOIDS: Those on the front-line in Canada’s opioid crisis are calling on the federal govern...
Nov 18, 2016
Corrective to Nov. 17 story on the number of Saskatchewan opioid overdoses
VANCOUVER - A Canadian Press story on Thursday based on information provided by the Saskatchewan government said that the province had 18 opioid overdoses in the first nine months ...
Nov 18, 2016
Calgary man fined, banned from hunting for 1 year for importing bear carcass
CALGARY - A Calgary man has been banned from hunting anywhere in the world for a year and fined thousands of dollars for illegally importing the carcass of an Alaskan brown bear. Environment Cana...
Nov 18, 2016
Opioid addiction, overdose and death: a Canadian crisis by the numbers
OTTAWA - Health professionals from across Canada are gathered in Ottawa to discuss a growing, urgent health crisis - opioid addiction, overdose and death. Here is a by-the-numbers look: Six or se...
Nov 18, 2016
Gay rights, opioids, voting reform: 3 ways politics touched Canadians this week
OTTAWA - The desperate search for reason and direction in the wake of a Donald Trump victory swamped everything else in Ottawa this week, with politicos by turns both panicked and puzzled about what c...
Nov 18, 2016
Man arrested, to be charged for fatally stabbing Canadian while in Mexico
Charges are pending against a suspect who officials say is connected to the murder of a Canadian man killed in Mexico. The Yucatan attorney general said in a news release that a man has been arre...
Nov 18, 2016
Trump win sparks flurry of American interest in Canadian universities
TORONTO - Interest from Americans looking to study in Canada has increased sharply since the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president, Canadian universities say. For example, the University...
Nov 18, 2016