Category Archives: Canada

Toronto cop takes stand in assault trial, admits causing victim's eye injury
OSHAWA, Ont. - A Toronto police officer accused of beating a young black man nearly three years ago testified Tuesday he was acting in self-defence when he delivered the punches that ruptured the man'...
Nov 14, 2019

PBO forecasts slower growth and deeper federal deficits
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog is warning of rougher economic waters ahead that will likely send the federal budget deeper into deficit. In a new report this morning, the parliamentary bud...
Nov 14, 2019

Supreme Court sides with naturopath in manslaughter, negligence case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a Quebec naturopath is not guilty of manslaughter or criminal negligence in the death of an elderly man. Roger Matern, an 84-year-old with heart dis...
Nov 14, 2019

One-time Liberal senators rename themselves as Progressive Senate Group
OTTAWA - The last group of former Liberal senators in Parliament's upper chamber are rebranding themselves. The nine senators say they will now call themselves the Progressive Senate Group to ref...
Nov 14, 2019

Scheer seeks common ground, Moe leaves disappointed after meetings with Trudeau
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe's back-to-back meetings with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday yielded few results in the search for national ...
Nov 14, 2019

City investigating after toddler in Toronto killed by falling air conditioner
TORONTO - The death of a two-year-old girl who was hit by a falling air conditioner has prompted an investigation by the City of Toronto. The child died in hospital after she was hit around 3:30 ...
Nov 14, 2019

Workers at risk of losing jobs to AI can be retrained for health care, RBC says
OTTAWA - A new report says some of the more than one million Canadian workers who could lose their jobs to machines could fill growing gaps in the nation's health-care system with the right train...
Nov 14, 2019

An unapologetic Don Cherry and a button-loving toddler; In-The-News for Nov. 12
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. 12. What we are watching in Canada ... MI...
Nov 14, 2019

Singh, a fireball and outdated Disney classics; In-The-News Nov. 14
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. 14. What we are watching i...
Nov 14, 2019

Father of Broncos player who died says Alberta organ donation bill needs work
EDMONTON - The father of a Broncos hockey player whose organs were donated after he died in a catastrophic bus crash says a presumed consent bill before the Alberta legislature is ...
Nov 14, 2019