Category Archives: Canada

In the news today, May 30
Six stories in the news for Thursday, May 30 --- TRUDEAU TO RAISE U.S. ABORTION LAWS WITH PENCE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence are expected to discuss the ratifi...
May 30, 2019

Accused in woman's death 'controlled every aspect' of home they shared: Crown
WINNIPEG - A Crown prosecutor argued Tuesday that a man accused of killing a woman whose body was found in a barrel in their backyard used physical and psychological abuse to manipulate multiple women...
May 30, 2019

Appalachian trail hikers draw strength from story of injured Nova Scotia woman
A man who publishes a hiker yearbook for the Appalachian Trail says the strength and courage of a Nova Scotia woman who was stabbed on the trail is inspiring other hikers to continue their trek. Matth...
May 30, 2019

Sentencing arguments in murder of Calgary Stampeder Mylan Hicks
CALGARY - A sentencing hearing is to begin today for a man convicted of second-degree murder in the death of a Calgary Stampeders football player. Nelson Lugela, who is 21, was convicted earlier ...
May 30, 2019

Senate committee approves changes to solitary confinement bill
OTTAWA - A committee of senators has approved changes to a bill that aims to end solitary confinement in Canadian prisons - including one key change that would place a 48-hour maximum on the...
May 30, 2019

Remote health care tested as Haida Gwaii loses IV chemo treatment next month
QUEEN CHARLOTTE, B.C. - Cancer patients who need intravenous chemotherapy on the British Columbia archipelago of Haida Gwaii will now have to take an eight-hour ferry trip to the n...
May 29, 2019

Man found guilty of murdering Winnipeg woman found in barrel in backyard
WINNIPEG - A man has been convicted of killing a woman whose body was found in a barrel in the backyard of a Winnipeg home they shared with several other women. A jury has found Perez Cleveland, who i...
May 29, 2019

Trudeau warns internet regulation could be used to repress citizens, free speech
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says governments need to be wary of taking steps to regulate social media platforms that could be used by authoritarian regimes to further repress free spee...
May 29, 2019

'This was not possible.' Doctor says he believed Thai cave rescue would fail
HALIFAX - The Australian doctor who played a pivotal role in rescuing 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand last year says he initially thought the plan to save the children w...
May 29, 2019

Trudeau to include U.S. state abortion laws in talks with VP Pence
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he intends to raise the "backsliding" of women's rights in the United States with Vice-President Mike Pence this week. Pence is to be in Ottawa Thursday to ...
May 29, 2019