Category Archives: Canada

'Gently slipped to the sea bed:' Second ship of doomed Franklin expedition found
The second ship from Sir John Franklin’s doomed 19th-century search for the Northwest Passage has been located - right where an Inuit hunter said it would be. “The ship is in remarkab...
Sep 12, 2016
Motorcycle 'swarm' leads to fiery crash west of Toronto
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Police west of Toronto are investigating after hundreds of motorcycles swarmed city streets, resulting in a fiery crash that scorched at least one bike. Peel Regional Police say th...
Sep 12, 2016
Chatty Newfoundland fugitive responds to police 'wanted' posting on Facebook
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland police got an unexpected response when they posted a “wanted” notice on their Facebook page - a conversation with what appeared to be a ...
Sep 12, 2016
Military police officer charged with sex assault
OTTAWA - Military police say they have charged one of their own with sexual assault. Sgt. Kevin MacIntyre, a military police officer at Canadian Forces Base Halifax, faces one count of sexual assault ...
Sep 12, 2016

Leadership race heats up as Conservative caucus gathers in Halifax
OTTAWA - The Conservative leadership race will start ramping up as MPs and senators gather in Halifax for a summer caucus retreat beginning Tuesday morning. The Tories will spend two days discussing h...
Sep 12, 2016
B.C. court hears differing diagnoses on prescription to cure medicare ills
VANCOUVER - Advocates on both sides of a legal debate over the future of public health care in Canada are offering opposing diagnoses on how to rejuvenate what many consider an overburdened ...
Sep 12, 2016

Pat Pimm, B.C. member of legislature. charged with assault
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s former agriculture minister and member of the provincial legislature Pat Pimm is accused of allegedly assaulting his wife. The province’s Criminal J...
Sep 12, 2016
Metre-long boa constrictor tests police response in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Some suspects are tougher to take into custody than others, but Mounties in Chilliwack, B.C., had no trouble with one unusual arrest. Officers were called to an area behind a h...
Sep 12, 2016
Man convicted in webcam murder denied government-funded lawyer for appeal
TORONTO - A man who killed a Toronto university student from China in an attack partly witnessed via webcam has been denied a request for a government-paid lawyer to represent him in an appeal of...
Sep 12, 2016
Designated driver blew 2 1/2 times legal limit, Kingston, Ont., police allege
KINGSTON, Ont. - Police in Kingston, Ont., say a “designated driver” is facing impaired driving charges after allegedly blowing more than two times the legal limit. They say an officer not...
Sep 12, 2016