Category Archives: Canada

Omar Khadr appeal American military court remains in limbo: lawyer
A military court is refusing to lift a stay of Omar Khadr's appeal of his convictions in Guantanamo Bay. His Edmonton lawyer, Nate Whitling, says the new order by the United States Court of Milit...
Nov 18, 2019

Environment groups say climate change should dominate cabinet choices
OTTAWA - Several environment leaders say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to put action on climate change in the mandate letter of every minister he names to his inner circle. Trudeau is set to unv...
Nov 18, 2019

Some military personnel linked to hate warned, disciplined but allowed to stay
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says 16 military members that a report last year linked to hateful actions or groups have been warned, disciplined or ordered to take counselling, but allow...
Nov 18, 2019

Cold, stormy winter forecast across much of Canada, The Weather Network predicts
It's going to be a long, cold and messy winter across much of Canada, according to the seasonal forecast released Monday by the Weather Network. November has already brought historically early snowfal...
Nov 18, 2019

The big chill and a royal visitor; In-The-News for Nov. 18
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 Nov. 18. What we are watching in Canada ... Th...
Nov 18, 2019

Inquiry into deaths of former soldier and his Nova Scotia family begins today
HALIFAX - An inquiry begins today in the case of Lionel Desmond, the Afghan war veteran who bought a rifle and killed his mother, wife and daughter before turning the weapon on himself in early 2...
Nov 18, 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, king of Jordan to meet in Ottawa Monday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets today with the king of Jordan. It is King Abdullah II's fifth visit to Canada in his twenty years on the throne of the Middle Eastern country. Th...
Nov 18, 2019

Toes, ashes of Sourtoe Cocktail founder headed for Dawson City saloon
WHITEHORSE - A ceramic urn in the shape of a human toe will soon hold the ashes of the founder of the legendary Sourtoe Cocktail, the whisky drink that comes with the touch of a pickled human big toe....
Nov 17, 2019

'Welcome home:' More than 2,000-year-old bison skull returned to Blackfoot
SIKSIKA, Alta. - A more than 2,000-year-old bison skull unearthed during utility work in downtown Banff, Alta., has been returned to a southern Alberta Indigenous community. "It's like a welcome ...
Nov 17, 2019

Teen with cancer whose viral video urged Canadians to vote has died, uncle tweets
WINNIPEG - A terminally ill cancer patient who recorded a video from her hospital bed that urged Canadians to vote has died, the teen's family says. Brent Williamson,&nbs...
Nov 17, 2019