Category Archives: Canada
None of alleged trial errors raised by Rafferty on appeal occurred: Appeal Court
TORONTO - Ontario’s top court rejected all the arguments raised on appeal by the man who killed eight-year-old Victoria Stafford, ruling that the performance of the trial judge who handled ...
Nov 03, 2016
Wrong address murder: Judge finds man guilty in shooting of Saskatoon mother
SASKATOON - A judge has found a man guilty of first-degree murder for setting up a gang shooting that targeted the wrong house and killed a woman inside as she and her husband were gett...
Nov 03, 2016
Marc Garneau says Ottawa will require video and voice recorders on trains
MONTREAL - Ottawa will implement rules to require railways to install video and voice-recording devices in locomotives, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said Thursday. He said they&...
Nov 03, 2016
Discovery of liquid fentanyl in Hamilton a 'game changer' for front-line cops
A police force in Ontario is revamping the way officers handle street drugs after learning that a substance seized during a drug raid was liquid fentanyl, a highly powerful opioid that ...
Nov 03, 2016
Quebec to hold inquiry into surveillance of journalists by police forces
MONTREAL - As Quebec announced plans Thursday to hold an inquiry into freedom of the press and police surveillance of journalists, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said spying on reporters ...
Nov 03, 2016
Snake 'coiled' around brothers, repeatedly bit them, N.B. negligence trial told
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - An escaped python coiled itself around two young boys, strangling them and biting them repeatedly, a pathologist told the trial of the snake’s owner Thursday. “Mos...
Nov 03, 2016
Federal government aims to lower airfares by bolstering competition
MONTREAL - The federal government plans to raise the cap on foreign ownership of Canadian airlines in a bid to drive down fares and offer travellers more choice. Transport Minister Marc Garneau p...
Nov 03, 2016
Baloney Meter: are Canadians really worse off than they were a year ago?
OTTAWA - “Canadians are worse off today than they were a year ago. The government is spending at record levels and taxes are higher, yet more people are unemployed and there are fewer full-time ...
Nov 03, 2016
Home sales in Greater Toronto Area smash record, even as prices soar
Toronto’s scorching real estate market continued to heat up last month, with sales hitting a record high even as prices continued to soar, the Toronto Real Estate Board said Thursday. ̶...
Nov 03, 2016
'Kevin Bacon,' the runaway pig, rounded up by police and returned to his owner
HALIFAX - A wayward pig named Kevin Bacon has been safely returned to his owner, thanks to a couple of bemused police officers who found the portly animal waddling “footloose and fancy free̶...
Nov 03, 2016