Category Archives: Canada
Melodie's story: the ripple effect of abuse in indigenous communities
OTTAWA - At the age of five, Melodie Casella remembers calling her mom to tell her “something” had happened. It was enough to send her mother rushing home. A babys...
Nov 06, 2016
B.C. lays out West Coast spill response needs ahead of expected federal plan
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s demands for a world-leading marine oil spill response has a long list of requirements, including a coast guard base at Prince Rupert and a&...
Nov 06, 2016
Open secret: sexual abuse haunts children in indigenous communities
Freda Ens says she was a baby when her birth mother sold her for a bottle of beer. The buyer was an unrelated man she would later call “Grandfather.” Her earliest memories includ...
Nov 06, 2016
Cape Breton's 'Trump Bump' still reverberating across the island
HALIFAX - At first, the story of the cheeky Canadian website that encouraged Americans to move to Cape Breton to avoid the possibility of a Donald Trump presidency seemed like a typical...
Nov 06, 2016

How a Canadian adventure helped create the Donald Trump family story
WASHINGTON - Canadians watching the improbable presidential run of Donald Trump might be surprised to learn the role their own country played in shaping his story. Trump’s grandfather started th...
Nov 06, 2016
Canadian captured in Libya is safe and sound in Italy, company says
MONTREAL - The employer of a Canadian citizen who was kidnapped in September in Libya says he’s doing physically well after his release. A spokeswoman for the Montreal-area A...
Nov 06, 2016
Maryland man dead after assault in Toronto; police seeking 2 suspects
TORONTO - Police are looking for two suspects after a 26-year-old Maryland man attending a bachelor party in Toronto was beaten to death. Investigators say the incident started early Sa...
Nov 06, 2016
Empowered Liberal backbenchers ignore government advice on two bills
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau promised to empower his backbenchers and increasingly, the Liberal MPs seem to be taking the prime minister at his word. Twice on the same day late last month, dozens of them&n...
Nov 06, 2016

Not quite Canadian: Falling through the cracks of a troubled childhood
HALIFAX - They have been deemed women without status for failings dating back to their childhoods, say their supporters. They have spent much of their lives in Canada, had children, voted and hel...
Nov 06, 2016

Head of CSIS argues data was collected legally, but accepts Federal Court ruling
OTTAWA - The head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says he wants to make sure everyone understands the spy service did not deliberately do anything wrong when it kept poten...
Nov 06, 2016