Category Archives: Canada

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Ontario Premier Doug Ford's chief of staff resigns
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's chief of staff has resigned. In a statement, Ford says Dean French will be returning to the private sector. Earlier today, Ford revoked the appointments of t...
Jun 21, 2019

'Minimum of nine bullets:' Trial hears Manitoba Mountie shot man numerous times
THOMPSON, Man. - A forensic pathologist has testified that an RCMP officer in northern Manitoba shot a man at least nine times before he died. Const. Abram Letkeman has pleaded not guilty to...
Jun 21, 2019

Wants mandate for plans: Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister moves up election date
WINNIPEG - Premier Brian Pallister, saying he needs a new mandate from voters after fulfilling key promises from his last campaign, has moved up the provincial election by more than a year. ...
Jun 21, 2019

Celebrations across Canada to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day
TORONTO - Events were held across Canada on Friday to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day, including a sunrise ceremony in Toronto, a totem pole unveiling in Whitehorse and the renaming of a str...
Jun 21, 2019

Royal Nova Scotia Tattoo: Online scalpers pick on the wrong event
HALIFAX - Over the past 40 years, the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo has grown to become the world's largest indoor celebration of military music and traditions. But it's been only in the last...
Jun 21, 2019

Renata Ford, widow of Rob Ford, to run for Bernier's 'People's party' in federal election
Toronto voters will have a chance this fall to vote for yet another Ford. Renata Ford - the widow of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, sister-in-law to Ontario's premier, daughter-in-law to a former...
Jun 21, 2019

Trudeau promises to legislate implementation of UNDRIP if re-elected
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising that a re-elected Liberal government will introduce legislation to ensure federal laws are harmonized with the United Nations Declaration on the Rig...
Jun 21, 2019

Judge denies bid for acquittal in Calgary grandfather's manslaughter trial
CALGARY - A judge says the Crown has presented enough evidence for a Calgary grandfather's manslaughter trial to continue. Allan Perdomo Lopez is charged in the death of his f...
Jun 21, 2019

Danforth shooter had long history of violent thoughts, motive unclear:police
Toronto police say a man who went on a shooting rampage in the city's Greektown last year had a lengthy history of violent thoughts and violence against himself. But they say investigators still don't...
Jun 21, 2019

Make passports free to ease new no-fly list measures, federal panel suggests
Ottawa should consider making passports free to everyone for a year to ease the introduction of new no-fly list procedures, a federal advisory panel recommends. The coming changes will...
Jun 21, 2019