Category Archives: Canada
Fiery 'Viking baptism' nets environmental charges for reality TV star
WHITEHORSE - A reality TV star is on trial in Yukon, accused of violating the territory’s Waters Act while filming a show about gold mining. Tony Beets is charged with two counts of depositing w...
Apr 18, 2017
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, April 18 --- TRUMP TAKES DIRECT AIM AT CANADIAN DAIRY: U.S. President Donald Trump singled Canada out by name Tuesday as he put dairy farmers north of the bo...
Apr 18, 2017
Man arrested after woman's body found inside rural Cape Breton home
GARDINER MINES,, N.S. - A woman’s body has been found inside a rural Cape Breton home, and police are calling her death suspicious. Cape Breton Regional Police say they were called Tuesday to th...
Apr 18, 2017
GST on carbon taxes in Alberta, B.C. worth millions in federal revenue
OTTAWA - The federal government stands to raise as much as $280 million in revenue off provincial carbon taxes in Alberta and B.C. in the next two years despite claims carbon taxes would be revenue ne...
Apr 18, 2017
Transport minister says bill of rights for passengers to be in place by 2018
MONTREAL - In the wake of another controversial case of passenger bumping, federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau reiterated Tuesday that legislation addressing the rights of airline passengers is co...
Apr 18, 2017
Former vets ombudsman expected to confirm entry in NDP leadership
OTTAWA - Former veterans ombudsman Pat Stogran is expected to confirm Thursday his intention to seek the federal NDP leadership. The retired Canadian Armed Forces colonel is set to make an announcemen...
Apr 18, 2017
Crown argues accused Tamil migrant smugglers driven by profit, not aid
VANCOUVER - Four men who orchestrated a dangerous voyage across the Pacific were out to make a profit, rather than mutually help dozens of Tamil asylum seekers, the Crown prosecutor told their B.C. Su...
Apr 18, 2017
Suspect charged after years of investigating Calgary musician's death
CALGARY - Police have charged a man after three homicide investigations over 16 years into the death of an amateur musician who was allegedly targeted for financial reasons. Paul Hepher, a 50-year-old...
Apr 18, 2017
Indian leader accuses Canadian defence minister of being Sikh nationalist
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s visit to his native India this week has run into controversy after one of the country’s political leaders accused him of being a Sikh nationalist....
Apr 18, 2017
On Cloud 9: University of Alberta students watch satellite blast into space
Some students from the University of Alberta are in emotional orbit after watching a tiny satellite they built launch into space on a giant NASA rocket. Charles Nokes, a space physics student, cried a...
Apr 18, 2017