Category Archives: Canada
Halifax court jammed by prospective jurors for medical student's murder trial
HALIFAX - The Halifax Law Courts were jammed Tuesday as hundreds of prospective jurors were called for the high-profile murder trial of a Dalhousie University medical student. About 315 people packed ...
Apr 18, 2017
Five stories in the news today, April 18
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, April 18 --- MEETING OF THE MINDS TODAY ON TORONTO HOUSING The federal finance minister is set to meet today with his Ontario counterpart and Toronto’s mayo...
Apr 18, 2017
No measures that could boost demand for housing in Toronto: Morneau
TORONTO - Three levels of government facing a red-hot housing market in the Greater Toronto Area have agreed Tuesday not to introduce any measures that would further boost demand and drive prices even...
Apr 18, 2017
Future of Site C megaproject fuels debate in British Columbia election campaign
The divisive $8.8-billion Site C dam is fuelling debate in British Columbia’s election campaign, pitting Liberal promises of jobs and clean energy against the NDP’s cautious approach of ca...
Apr 18, 2017
Former missing Olympian facing fraud charges to appears in Victoria court
VICTORIA - An investment dealer and former Olympic rower who went missing for nearly 18 months made a brief appearance in a Victoria court Tuesday and had his case adjourned to May 2. Harold Backer, w...
Apr 18, 2017
Woman known as 'Internet Black Widow' agrees to sign new peace bond
HALIFAX - An elderly woman who became known as the Internet Black Widow after she was convicted of killing and poisoning intimate partners she met online has agreed to drop most of her objections to a...
Oct 18, 2016
3 Ontario men killed in Pennsylvania plane crash, state police say
AUSTIN, Pa. - Pennsylvania state police say three men from Ontario died in the crash of a small plane that lost contact with flight controllers as it was flying from Virginia to Canada. The Federal Av...
Oct 18, 2016
Transport Canada warns some Ram pickups at risk of fire from alternator short
OTTAWA - Transport Canada has issued a recall notice for about 10,000 Ram pickup trucks and other Fiat Chrysler vehicles that are at increased risk of stalling or fire in the engine compartment due to...
Oct 18, 2016
Event cancelled after students reportedly encouraged to perform lewd acts
OTTAWA - An event that reportedly saw students at the University of Ottawa encouraged to perform lewd acts in exchange for points has been cancelled indefinitely as organizers apologized to anyone who...
Oct 18, 2016
Some diesel fuel safely pumped from sunken tug on B.C. central coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Salvage crews have removed more than 88,000 litres of diesel from a sunken tug on British Columbia’s central coast in the latest effort to avert an environmental disaster nea...
Oct 18, 2016