Category Archives: Canada
Judge will admit evidence from original 'knees together' sex assault trial
CALGARY - A judge in a high-profile sexual assault retrial says it doesn’t matter whether the complainant was planning to have sex with the accused 10 or 15 minutes before the alleged ...
Nov 10, 2016
Duelling views between Trudeau, Trump on environment, climate change
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. president-elect Donald Trump are mostly in opposite corners when it comes to energy and environment issues, as some of their public remarks in recent mo...
Nov 10, 2016
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Nov. 10 GIRL, 7, FOUND DEAD AFTER AMBER ALERT: RCMP in Saskatchewan say they have found the body of a missing seven-year-old girl who had bee...
Nov 10, 2016
Health minister meets with Vancouver firefighters responding to overdose crisis
VANCOUVER - The fire hall in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside has been overwhelmed by emergency medical calls since the illicit opioid fentanyl has spurred a deadly overdose cri...
Nov 10, 2016
Manitoba indigenous leader hopes for another court hearing on hunting rights
WINNIPEG - The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is hoping for another court battle over indigenous hunting rights. Last week, two men from the Pine Creek First Nation in Manitoba pleaded guilty to charges ...
Nov 10, 2016
'We've gone as far as we can,' says union in bargaining over sick leave
OTTAWA - The largest federal civil service union has asked that a mediator be appointed in a dispute with the government that has dragged on for more than two years. Contract negotiations aimed a...
Nov 10, 2016
Some Canadian residents left with worthless cash after Indian rupee cancellation
TORONTO - A number of Canadian residents have suddenly found themselves with worthless wads of cash after the Indian government abruptly scrapped its highest-denomin...
Nov 10, 2016
Commander-in-chief laments lack of military awareness of Canadians
OTTAWA - David Johnston had been Governor General for a month when he flew to Afghanistan to visit the Canadian troops in Kandahar in November 2010. During the trip, Johnston met a senior U.S. militar...
Nov 10, 2016
Unusual income tax-filing scam proves taxing for ID fraud victim to remedy
TORONTO - The $3,100 tax refund from Canada Revenue Agency that landed in his little-used bank account in August made no sense to Jamie Duong. Nor did the sales-tax credit worth $357.61 that arrived i...
Nov 10, 2016
Mid-November warmest in years: temperature records fall in Saskatchewan, Manitoba
Temperature records are falling like leaves across the Prairies. In Winnipeg on Wednesday it reached 18.8 C at the airport, smashing the old record of 14.4 C set in 1923 and 1930. The average day...
Nov 10, 2016