Category Archives: Canada

Scheer condemns woman filmed yelling racial slurs, spitting on man in Toronto
TORONTO - The racial slurs and intolerant comments made by an ostensible supporter of the federal Conservatives have no place in the country, the party's leader said Andrew Scheer condemned the commen...
Aug 13, 2019

NewsAlert: Crown won't appeal Oland verdict
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Public Prosecution Service will not appeal last month's acquittal of Dennis Oland on a charge of second-degree murder in the 2011 bludgeoning death of...
Aug 13, 2019

Trudeau, Tory to discuss gun violence a day after police funding announced
TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to meet with Toronto's mayor today to discuss possible strategies to combat gun violence. The prime minister's meeting with John Tory is set to...
Aug 13, 2019

Liberals, Tories evenly matched when it comes to war chests for local campaigns
OTTAWA - The Liberals and Conservatives are matched fairly evenly when it comes to how ready their local campaigns are to pay for the coming federal election, a shift from when the big...
Aug 13, 2019

Canada largely successful in managing economic immigration: OECD study
OTTAWA - An international review of Canada's economic immigration system suggests the country is doing well when it comes to how it selects and welcomes foreign workers. But the report from the O...
Aug 13, 2019

In the news today, Aug. 13
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Aug. 13 --- TRUDEAU, TORONTO MAYOR TO DISCUSS GUN VIOLENCE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the mayor of Toronto will meet today to discuss the recent ...
Aug 13, 2019

Calgary Zoo keeps unhatched king penguin chick alive by patching cracked egg
CALGARY - Zookeepers in Calgary have rescued an unhatched penguin chick after patching its badly damaged shell with pieces of another egg. The Calgary Zoo says in a news release that animal care ...
Aug 13, 2019

Canadian 'so grateful' to be back in B.C. after eight-month detention in Syria
VANCOUVER - A Canadian man who spent eight months in Syrian prisons said he wept three times on his flight back because he was so excited to finally be coming home. Kristian Baxt...
Aug 12, 2019

Military withdraws from Labrador search for downed float plane, victims
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Canadian military has ended its role in the drawn-out search for a float plane and three missing men following a crash into a Labrador lake almost a month ago. Th...
Aug 12, 2019

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Police say manhunt suspects died by apparent suicides
VANCOUVER - The RCMP say two British Columbia men who led police on a cross-Canada manhunt died by what appears to be suicide by gunfire. Police say Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod appeared to b...
Aug 12, 2019