Category Archives: Canada
CRTC says Quebec cannot block access to websites without regulator's approval
MONTREAL — Quebec cannot force Internet companies to block people’s access to certain websites without the approval of the CRTC, says a preliminary opinion by the federal broadcast regulat...
Sep 02, 2016
Review of Quebec judge's murder conviction reaches next phase
QUEBEC — The only Canadian judge ever convicted of first-degree murder is getting another look at his case. A spokesman for the Justice Department confirms that Jacques Delisle’s case...
Sep 02, 2016
Saskatchewan city lifts all watering restrictions following oil spill
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. — Officials in a Saskatchewan city affected by an oil spill say all watering restrictions have been lifted. But North Battleford residents are still being&...
Sep 02, 2016

'Make it awkward' and call out racism: Edmonton mayor after viral video
Edmonton’s mayor is calling on people to “make it awkward” and call out racism, after a viral video showed someone hurling a racist slur on a city street. Actor and former high-...
Sep 02, 2016
Screening immigrants for 'anti-Canadian' values will make Canada safer; Leitch
OTTAWA — Federal Conservative leadership hopeful Kellie Leitch stood firm Friday amid criticisms of a survey from her campaign that asked whether would-be immigrants should be screened for ̶...
Sep 02, 2016

The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Sept 2 ____ TRUDEAU TAKES LIGHTER TOUCH ON CHINESE VISIT: After holding high level talks with Chinese leaders this week and raising touchy issues like hu...
Sep 02, 2016
Harassment finding against ex-CRTC commissioner nixed due to 'witch hunt'
TORONTO — A former commissioner of Canada’s telecommunications and broadcast regulator was treated unfairly by an investigator who found he had harassed a woman, Federal Court ruled Friday...
Sep 02, 2016
Three B.C. teachers temporarily suspended over 'Jar of Death' punishments
SURREY, B.C. — Three high school teachers who failed to intervene when students organized a “Jar of Death” punishment at a camp have been disciplined by the agenc...
Sep 02, 2016
Girl, 15, dies four years after minivan crashed in Alberta school
ST. PAUL, Alta. — A girl who was injured four years ago when a minivan plowed into a rural Alberta school, killing one student, has died. An obituary says 15-year-old Maddie ...
Sep 02, 2016
Canadian beekeepers face plummeting honey prices as harvest wraps up
CALGARY — As they finish harvesting this year’s crop, Canadian honey producers say they are being stung with prices that have fallen by about 50 per cent since a year ago, a devastating bl...
Sep 02, 2016