Category Archives: Canada

Jury finds python owner not guilty in deaths of New Brunswick boys
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - A jury has found a New Brunswick man not guilty of criminal negligence causing death after his African rock python escaped its enclosure and killed two young boys three y...
Nov 09, 2016
Asia shares, Dow futures, oil price sink as Trump leads in vote count
HONG KONG - The increasingly likely prospect of a Donald Trump presidency roiled North American futures markets and sent Asian stocks and oil prices tumbling in Wednesday trading, ...
Nov 08, 2016
Alberta bovine tuberculosis case investigation now includes Saskatchewan
The food safety investigation into a case of bovine tuberculosis that was found in an Alberta cow now extends into Saskatchewan. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says two farms in Saskatc...
Nov 08, 2016

Historic election shocker: Donald Trump wins, becomes 45th U.S. president
WASHINGTON - The market-shaking, adjective-defying prospect of a Donald Trump presidency became reality Wednesday, with a brash billionaire and reality TV star known for building skyscrapers and ...
Nov 08, 2016

B.C. Law Society seeks appeal against Christian university's proposed law school
LANGLEY, B.C. - The Law Society of British Columbia is looking to the Supreme Court of Canada as it maintains its stance against accrediting graduates of a proposed law school at a Christian universit...
Nov 08, 2016

Two women candidates quit Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership race
EDMONTON - The only two female candidates in the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership contest quit the race Tuesday. One of them, Sandra Jansen, said she had been harassed and intimidated ...
Nov 08, 2016
Gathering in December: Chiefs asking youth for input on northern suicides
SASKATOON - A chief says it’s about time for indigenous leaders to take charge of the youth suicide crisis in northern Saskatchewan instead of going to funerals. Ron Michel, grand...
Nov 08, 2016

The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Nov. 8 ___ U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN EXPOSED FRACTURES: And the prize is: A big, ugly wound in the heart of American politics. Nearly two yea...
Nov 08, 2016
Montreal Femen activist arrested at polling station in New York City
MONTREAL - A Montreal woman with ties to an international feminist group was arrested Tuesday after staging a topless protest inside a New York City polling station being used for the U.S. presidentia...
Nov 08, 2016

Alberta proposes changes to vital statistics on names, gender designations
EDMONTON - Alberta is proposing legislation that would allow people who don’t identify as either male or female to put a third gender marker such as an X on government documents. ̶...
Nov 08, 2016