Category Archives: Canada

Dalhousie apologizes after male faculty members strip at university function
HALIFAX - Dalhousie University is apologizing after two men performed a mock striptease at a university function. Brian Leadbetter, Dalhousie’s communications director, said ...
Oct 18, 2016
Sex offender drops out of race for Saskatoon Catholic school board
SASKATOON - A Saskatoon man with past convictions for sex offences has dropped out of the race for Catholic school trustee. Denis Robert Hall released a statement late Monday night saying publicity su...
Oct 18, 2016
Judge asked to fine former PM adviser $50,000, but lawyer says Carson can't pay
OTTAWA - A judge is being asked to punish former Stephen Harper confidant Bruce Carson with a $50,000 fine for illegal lobbying. But Carson’s lawyer says his client is on the verge of bankruptcy...
Oct 18, 2016

Canada-European trade envoy Pierre Pettigrew optimistic CETA will be approved
MONTREAL - Canada’s European trade envoy says he’s hopeful a landmark trade agreement with the European Union will be approved later this week, despite snags that have stalled a critical v...
Oct 18, 2016

Woman known as 'Internet Black Widow' agrees to sign new peace bond
HALIFAX - An elderly woman who became known as the Internet Black Widow after she was convicted of killing and poisoning intimate partners she met online has agreed ...
Oct 18, 2016
3 Ontario men killed in Pennsylvania plane crash, state police say
AUSTIN, Pa. - Pennsylvania state police say three men from Ontario died in the crash of a small plane that lost contact with flight controllers as it was flying from Virginia to Canada. The Feder...
Oct 18, 2016

Transport Canada warns some Ram pickups at risk of fire from alternator short
OTTAWA - Transport Canada has issued a recall notice for about 10,000 Ram pickup trucks and other Fiat Chrysler vehicles that are at increased risk of stalling or fire in the engine compartment due to...
Oct 18, 2016
Event cancelled after students reportedly encouraged to perform lewd acts
OTTAWA - An event that reportedly saw students at the University of Ottawa encouraged to perform lewd acts in exchange for points has been cancelled indefinitely as organizers apologized to ...
Oct 18, 2016

Some diesel fuel safely pumped from sunken tug on B.C. central coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Salvage crews have removed more than 88,000 litres of diesel from a sunken tug on British Columbia’s central coast in the latest effort to avert an environmental disaster nea...
Oct 18, 2016
Advocates for native or minority Supreme Court judge disappointed by PM's choice
HALIFAX - The Liberal government may have made history by nominating a Newfoundlander to Canada’s top court - but disappointed advocates say a more critical opportunity has been missed...
Oct 18, 2016