Category Archives: Canada

Texas murder suspected arrested in Halifax to have deportation hearing
HALIFAX - A man suspected of murder in Texas and arrested by police in Halifax earlier this week will go before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada to determine whether he should be sent back ...
Jan 03, 2020

First Nation looks ahead after court sides with natural gas company
SMITHERS, B.C. - A hereditary chief with the Wet'suwet'en First Nation says the community is expecting further police action after the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled in favour of a natural gas c...
Jan 03, 2020

Coastal GasLink and U.S. vaping crackdown; In The News for Jan. 3
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 3. What we are watching in Canada ... A h...
Jan 03, 2020

Dikes, ditches and dams: Manitoba's fight against flooding is complex
WINNIPEG - It has become an annual ritual in Manitoba - mid-winter thoughts turn to the spring melt and whether land and communities will be threatened by rising water that comes from r...
Jan 03, 2020

Top CEOs made as much as average worker earns in a year by mid-morning Thursday
OTTAWA - Canada's 100 highest-paid chief executives were paid record amounts in 2018 in comparison to the employees beneath them, according to a new report released Thursday. The Canadian Centre for P...
Jan 02, 2020

Veterans Affairs looks for public input on monument for Afghanistan mission
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking for advice from the public on what a monument to Canada's 13-year mission in Afghanistan should look like. An online consultation runs until Jan. 20, seeking...
Jan 02, 2020

Minister says change won't come 'overnight' as new child-welfare law takes effect
OTTAWA - Some Indigenous communities could soon take over authority for their child-welfare systems under a federal law that took effect this week. But it could be years before others are prepare...
Jan 02, 2020

Mounties defend social-media profiling after assembling portrait of activist
OTTAWA - The RCMP is defending its practice of profiling people by scouring their online social-media presences, saying the national police force lawfully obtains information with the aim of ...
Jan 02, 2020

Passenger train derails in Manitoba with 12 on board, no serious injuries
MACGREGOR, Man. - VIA Rail says an investigation is underway to determine why a passenger train went off the tracks west of Winnipeg with a dozen people on board. The company says two passengers and t...
Jan 02, 2020

NewsAlert:Amber alert issued for N.L., boy allegedly abducted by his father
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Police in western Newfoundland have issued an Amber Alert for a 12-year-old boy who was allegedly abducted by his father. The Royal Newfoundland Constabular...
Jan 02, 2020