Category Archives: Canada

No more witnesses to testify at trial for suspect in Edmonton officer stabbing
EDMONTON - The trial for a man accused of stabbing an Edmonton police officer and striking four pedestrians with a van is coming to an end. Crown prosecutor Elizabeth Wheaton told a jury tod...
Oct 21, 2019

Quebec town's moose statue won't seek to supplant Moose Jaw, Sask.'s famed Mac
MONTREAL - Mac the Moose can rest easy - a Quebec town that wants to build its own massive moose statue next year says it doesn't want to challenge the record for the world's tallest, recent...
Oct 21, 2019

Quebec man found guilty of first-degree murder in slaying of ex-wife, stranger
ST-JEROME, Que. - A Quebec man was found guilty of first-degree murder Saturday in the stabbing death of his ex-wife and the fatal beating of an elderly motorist he carjacked while on the run fro...
Oct 21, 2019

Mural in Edmonton that offered thanks to young Swedish climate activist defaced
EDMONTON - A mural of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg that recently appeared in Edmonton has been defaced. The mural features a portrait of the 16-year-old girl against a bright...
Oct 21, 2019

Canadians cast their ballots after divisive campaign, and amid tight polls
OTTAWA - Now it's time for what politicians always say is the only poll that really matters.Canadians will cast their ballots today in the country's 43rd general election after what federal leaders th...
Oct 21, 2019

Scheer won't say if Conservatives hired consultant to 'destroy' People's party
TORONTO - With election day less than 48 hours away, Andrew Scheer suddenly found himself in the hot seat Saturday as reports linked the Conservative party to a co-ordinated effort to s...
Oct 21, 2019

UN report highlights 'abhorrent' housing conditions for Indigenous people
A United Nations report is highlighting the role "abhorrent" housing conditions play in the poverty and exploitation that Indigenous people face in Canada and around the world. The report, presen...
Oct 21, 2019

Thunberg interviews leaders for documentary, Alberta Indigenous group says
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg continued her tour of Alberta's oilsands region on Saturday, an Indigenous group says, conducting interviews that the group says will be ...
Oct 20, 2019

B.C. wants regions to win economically from marijuana edibles: solicitor general
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's solicitor general says the province wants to see as much small-scale production as possible for marijuana edibles to allow for regional economic development. "I don't wa...
Oct 20, 2019

Greta Thunberg meets with First Nations chief in Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The chief of a northern Alberta First Nation says he gave climate activist Greta Thunberg a message during a quietly arranged meeting in Fort McMurray on Friday night. Athabasca...
Oct 20, 2019