Category Archives: Canada

New high-tech web tool aims to enlist Canadians to help find missing kids
TORONTO - Thousands of children are reported missing across the country each year but only a handful of Amber Alerts are issued, potentially leaving large numbers of people who might be able to help f...
Sep 11, 2019

Crown says former hostage Joshua Boyle is lying about wife's supposed failings
OTTAWA - Former overseas hostage Joshua Boyle is lying about his wife Caitlan Coleman's being a neglectful, unfit mother, a Crown attorney said Monday. Prosecutor Jason Neubauer said Boyle, who i...
Sep 11, 2019

Political parties face fatigue as Manitoba moves from one campaign to the next
WINNIPEG - Politicians and supporters in Manitoba had less than 24 hours to take in the results of a provincial election before diving into the federal one. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday&...
Sep 11, 2019

Pipeline construction hampered by hearings, permits, court action: report
VANCOUVER - A report from environmental group Stand.earth says it expects construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to be delayed by detailed route hearings, outstanding provincial permits...
Sep 11, 2019

First witness at Quebec man's double murder trial describes screams, struggle
ST-JEROME, Que. - The jury at the trial of a Quebec man facing two counts of first-degree murder heard testimony Monday from a neighbour who heard horrifying screams and saw a struggle on the day...
Sep 11, 2019

Man arrested for murder after Canadian Forces member killed in Florida
OTTAWA - Florida police have arrested a man for the murder of a Canadian Armed Forces following a violent altercation. Master Cpl. Martin Brayman died from severe head injuries Monday after he was att...
Sep 11, 2019

Alberta investigating after medical examiner uses truck trailer for body storage
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is investigating after video surfaced showing a medical examiner's office using a truck trailer to store dead bodies and one corpse being roughly haule...
Sep 11, 2019

The Force is with him: Alberta boy gets 'Star Wars' model of his heart
EDMONTON - The Force is with this young transplant patient. Mason Thomas received a new heart at Edmonton's University of Alberta Hospital when he was six. In order to help the now eight-yea...
Sep 11, 2019

'Friends of Science' thanks Elections Canada for warning on climate-change talk
OTTAWA - A Calgary organization that argues climate change is nothing close to a global emergency says Elections Canada is right to keep a close eye on campaign-period communications from th...
Sep 11, 2019

Tories turn to Bryan Adams' songwriter for election campaign theme
TORONTO - The Conservatives have turned to Bryan Adams' longtime hitmaker Jim Vallance to pen their campaign song. The guitar-driven tune is packed with Vallance's trademarked pop-rock zeal, as a chor...
Sep 11, 2019