Category Archives: Canada

Quebec man seeking to withdraw plea for killing unborn child seeks legal help
MONTREAL - A Quebec man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his unborn child will have a legal aid lawyer study his attempt to withdraw his plea. Sofiane Ghazi was back in court Tuesday and to...
Oct 08, 2019

A look at Canadian-born Nobel physicist James Peebles
WINNIPEG - A look at James Peebles, the Canadian-born physicist who shares this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. Age: 84 Early years: Born in the Winnipeg neighbourhood of St. Boniface, Peebles moved to...
Oct 08, 2019

Lawsuit settled in fatal wheelchair accident at New Brunswick train crossing
MONCTON, N.B. - Three years after a Moncton man in an electric wheelchair was killed by a freight train at a level crossing in the city, a lawsuit in his death has been resolved. Court documents ...
Oct 08, 2019

Canadian born James Peebles wins Nobel prize in physics this year
STOCKHOLM - Canadian born scientist James Peebles is one of three people who have won the Nobel Prize in Physics this year. He won the award "for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology." P...
Oct 08, 2019

Hassan Diab wages court battle for Canadian citizenship certificate
OTTAWA - Sociology professor Hassan Diab, who spent a decade fighting allegations of terrorism, is now battling in court for a copy of his Canadian citizenship certificate. The 65-year-old O...
Oct 08, 2019

No-strike hooky, Mike Tyson and travelling with your pet; In-The-News for Oct. 8
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 Oct. 8. What we are watching in...
Oct 08, 2019

Trudeau attacks Tories for not releasing platform as leaders prepare for debate
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau took aim at the Conservatives on Sunday for not releasing their election platform as the majority of federal party leaders spent the day cramming for Monday's cr...
Oct 08, 2019

Trudeau heads to the North as Scheer and Singh make for Toronto after debate
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is touting his party's climate-change policies in Iqaluit today, the first party leader to go to the North in this federal election campaign. He's to appear with...
Oct 08, 2019

More details needed in Manitoba response to Tina Fontaine report: advocate
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's advocate for youth says a lot more needs to be done if the government is to save children in care from the grim reality of an Indigenous teenage girl whose bo...
Oct 08, 2019

Manitoba's government wants to put off court challenge over wage freeze
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is asking a judge to shelve a court challenge over its public-sector wage freeze. Unions representing 110,000 public-sector workers have been fighting a wage freeze ...
Oct 07, 2019