Category Archives: Canada
Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr urges patience on military pensions
WINNIPEG - Canadian veterans are being asked to be patient when it comes to the re-establishment of their lifelong pension. Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr was in Winnipeg on Friday to meet with n...
Sep 23, 2016
Trial date delayed by B.C. judge for man in 'Surrey Six' slayings
VANCOUVER - The trial of a man accused of one count of first-degree murder in an attack that left six people dead has been delayed, pushing it back more than a decade from when the...
Sep 23, 2016

Actor Richard Hong killed at Stroumboulopoulos's Los Angeles home, police say
LOS ANGELES - Actor Richard Hong has been identified as the man found dead early Friday at the Los Angeles home rented by television personality George Stroumboulopoulos. Police said Hong was a 4...
Sep 23, 2016
Elderly couple separated in different B.C. care homes are reunited
VANCOUVER - An elderly couple forced to live in two separate residential care homes in British Columbia have been reunited. Their granddaughter Ashley Bartyik posted an announcement on Facebook saying...
Sep 23, 2016
Ex-Quebec judge challenging murder conviction to seek bail in hearing in October
QUEBEC - A retired Quebec judge convicted of first-degree murder will make an attempt next month to be freed from prison while the Federal Justice Department has another look at his case. A ...
Sep 23, 2016

The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Sept. 23 ____ CANADA’S TOP CYBERSPY HAS OMINOUS WARNING FOR CONSUMERS: The head of Canada’s cyberspy agency, the Communications Security Esta...
Sep 23, 2016
He insulted his dad, wife, religion, birthplace; Trump now gets Cruz endorsement
WASHINGTON - After Donald Trump insulted his wife’s appearance, linked his dad to the JFK assassination, questioned his religion and repeatedly mocked his Canadian birthplace, Sen. Ted...
Sep 23, 2016
Award winning Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook found dead in Ottawa
OTTAWA - An award winning Inuit artist has been identified as the woman who was found dead earlier this week in the Rideau River in Ottawa. Police say the body of Annie Pootoogook, 46, of Ottawa ...
Sep 23, 2016
Climate, China, health care: how federal politics touched Canadians this week
OTTAWA - First the limos, now the fat moving packages. Members of Parliament returned to the House of Commons this week in a predictably feisty mood, with Conservatives pouncing on Liberal d...
Sep 23, 2016
Cap on crooked lawyers fund in Ontario raised to $500K per claimant
TORONTO - Anyone cheated by a lawyer in Ontario will now be eligible for up to $500,000 in compensation, more than triple the previous limit, the body that regulates the profession has decided. In rec...
Sep 23, 2016