Category Archives: Canada
Grief-stricken northern Ontario First Nation identifies victims of fatal fire
A longtime foster mother, her biological daughter and three children she was raising as her own have been identified as the victims of a fire that levelled a home in a remote Indigenous community in n...
May 06, 2019
Police believe they have found remains of Calgary woman and her toddler in woods
CALGARY - Police in Calgary say second-degree murder charges are pending against a man after they found the bodies of a woman and toddler who were reported missing nearly two weeks ago. The suspected ...
May 06, 2019
Humans' racket a growing threat to East Coast whales, scientists warn
HALIFAX - A human-made racket under the ocean is a growing threat to three types of whales off the East Coast, Canadian scientists say. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada rel...
May 06, 2019
Coalition of unions and activists calls for Canadian version of 'Green New Deal'
MONTREAL - A coalition composed of unions, Indigenous groups, environmentalists and celebrities called on Canada Monday to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 as part of a proposed “Pac...
May 06, 2019
U.S. threatens to pull F-35 from jet competition over industrial requirements
OTTAWA - U.S. officials have threatened to pull the F-35 out of the competition to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force’s aging CF-18 fighters over the Liberal government’s plan to ask bid...
May 06, 2019
Crisis line urgently needed for victims of coerced sterilization: senator
OTTAWA - The federal government should immediately fund a crisis line for victims of coerced and forced sterilizations to ensure traumatized women can get assistance, says Ontario Sen. Yvonne Boyer, a...
May 06, 2019
Small plane that crashed carried crew contracted by BC Wildfire Service
SMITHERS, B.C. - Three men who died when a small plane crashed northeast of Smithers, B.C., on Saturday were part of a crew contracted by the BC Wildfire Service to do aerial imaging. Forest Minister ...
May 06, 2019
Prince Edward Island woman facing third charge of infanticide: police
CHARLOTTETOWN - A Prince Edward Island woman who admitted to causing the deaths of two infants is now facing a third charge of infanticide. Shannon Dawn Rayner of Charlottetown pleaded guilty last mon...
May 06, 2019
'I kind of just snapped:' Murder suspect testifies woman came at him with knife
WINNIPEG - A man accused of killing an Indigenous woman in Manitoba after a night of drinking and sex told a jury Monday that she came at him with a knife and he blacked out. But Crown prosecutors sai...
May 06, 2019
Regina police pilot program will allow experts to review sex assault cases
REGINA - The Regina Police Service is the latest agency in Canada to pilot a program that allows sexual assault investigations to be reviewed by outside experts. The service says it will be trying the...
May 06, 2019