Category Archives: Canada

Tunisian man says he gave accused killer's messages, photos to Toronto-area cops
TORONTO - A video gamer in Tunisia says he has turned over to Toronto-area police disturbing messages and images that a Canadian man accused of killing four family members all...
Aug 01, 2019

Groups seeking to suspend Quebec secularism law granted leave to appeal
MONTREAL - Quebec's highest court has agreed to hear an appeal on behalf of groups seeking to suspend the central parts of the province's secularism law. Catherine McKenzie, a lawy...
Aug 01, 2019

No decision on Huawei and 5G before fall federal election call: Goodale
OTTAWA - Canadians will have to wait until after this fall's federal election to find out whether Chinese tech giant Huawei can provide equipment for the country's next-generation 5G wireless network....
Aug 01, 2019

Parks puts up toilet etiquette signs to help international tourists use outhouses
YOHO NATIONAL PARK, B.C. - Some new signs are popping up in the Canadian Rockies to show international visitors how to properly use outhouses. Staff at Lake O'Hara in British Columbia's Yoho Nati...
Aug 01, 2019

Lack of oxygen likely caused fatal plane crash near Calgary, says TSB report
A lack of oxygen likely played a role in a plane crash southwest of Calgary that killed two people, an investigation by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada found. The board said in a report rele...
Aug 01, 2019

Friends, co-workers mourn 4 members of same family found dead in Markham, Ont.
The four people found dead in a Markham, Ont., home over the weekend came from three generations of what appeared to be a happy family, friends said Tuesday, as they mourned the victims of what police...
Aug 01, 2019

Statistics agency takes second look at ethnicity question ahead of 2021 census
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada officials estimate the number of people identifying as Jewish in the 2016 census could have been double what it was if not for a small change on the questionnaire. The numbe...
Aug 01, 2019

'He wanted to talk:' Saskatchewan woman recalls finding Mountie killer in field
SPIRITWOOD, Sask. - For a Saskatchewan woman who discovered a fugitive Mountie killer hiding in her family's hayfield more than a decade ago, the intense search for two young ...
Aug 01, 2019

Scheer promises premiers health transfer increase in anticipation of attacks
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising the premiers that he would increase health transfers and a social transfer by at least three per cent every year should he become prime minister...
Aug 01, 2019

50 kilos of meth seized from semi stopped at Alberta-Montana border crossing
CALGARY - Alberta border officers say they have made their largest-ever seizure of methamphetamine at a crossing into Canada from Montana. The Canada Border Services Agency and RCMP say a semi truck w...
Aug 01, 2019