Category Archives: Canada
Mechanical problem on PM's plane 'rare': RCAF says
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force says a mechanical issue aboard a plane carrying the prime minister is a rare occurrence. An RCAF Airbus carrying Justin Trudeau turned around and returned to Otta...
Oct 30, 2016
Independent review board to probe actions of Mounties in seniors' arrest
VANCOUVER - An independent RCMP review board has launched an investigation into how the Mounties handled the arrest of an elderly couple in the Vancouver-area last week. A widely publicized video...
Oct 30, 2016
No verdict over the weekend at Jacques Corriveau's fraud trial in Montreal
MONTREAL - The jurors at Jacques Corriveau’s fraud trial will deliberate again on Monday after no verdict was reached over the weekend. The former federal Liberal organizer is charged ...
Oct 30, 2016
Family of man shot on Saskatchewan farm calls for out-of-province investigator
EDMONTON - The family of an indigenous man fatally shot on a Saskatchewan farm in August is collecting names for a petition demanding an out-of-province lead investigator and a Crown pr...
Oct 30, 2016
Business groups say technical issues must be resolved to reap CETA benefits
EDMONTON - Several high-profile Canadian business and agriculture groups say the signing of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union will reap big rewa...
Oct 30, 2016
Inside the vote: how Tory MP Michelle Rempel passed her motion on the Yazidis
OTTAWA - Nadia Murad had tears in her eyes as she described the power that individual MPs can have when they stand up to vote. A few minutes earlier, she had watched 313 MPs vote unanimously in f...
Oct 30, 2016
CRTC to hear arguments for, against "zero rate" Internet data price plans
OTTAWA - Canada’s telecom giants go head-to-head this week at hearings that could result in a dramatic change to the way Internet is delivered across the country. The hearings are being held as ...
Oct 30, 2016
'Very happy' Oland in Ottawa as top court hears groundbreaking bail appeal
FREDERICTON - A “very very happy” Dennis Oland has been spending quiet time with his family since his murder conviction was overturned last week, but he will make a return to the cour...
Oct 30, 2016
Five deaths at Winnipeg Remand Centre a 'huge flag:' John Howard Society
WINNIPEG - The deaths this year of five people in custody at the Winnipeg Remand Centre is a big red flag and should be investigated in a wide-ranging inquest, says a prisoners rights group. “I&...
Oct 30, 2016
'Canada's UFO guy' long fascinated by mysterious lights in the sky
WINNIPEG - After three decades being known as one of Canada’s top UFO experts, Chris Rutkowski doesn’t mind a bit of good-natured ribbing now and then. “People will sometimes gi...
Oct 30, 2016