Category Archives: Canada

Doctor who examined Lionel Desmond tells fatality inquiry what he saw
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A Nova Scotia doctor who saw Lionel Desmond two days before he killed his family and took his own life told a fatality inquiry Monday the mentall...
Feb 05, 2020

Ottawa spent at least $8 million on First Nations child welfare case: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Ottawa has spent more than $8 million in legal fees in the ongoing human rights case over First Nations child welfare. Cindy Blackstock, executive director of th...
Feb 05, 2020

Convictions of executives upheld in historic Nova Scotia fraud case
HALIFAX - Two executives once referred to by a judge as the mastermind and enforcer of a multimillion-dollar stock market scheme were jailed this week as Nova Scotia's highest court upheld their ...
Feb 05, 2020

Q&A: Why it is taking so long to rescue Canadians from Wuhan
OTTAWA - With hundreds of foreign nationals flown out of Wuhan, China, over the last week by their home countries, politicians and people across the country have wondered why Canad...
Feb 05, 2020

Airbnb limits young people's ability to rent properties following deadly shooting
TORONTO - Airbnb says it will limit young adults' ability to book some properties in Canada in a bid to cut down on unauthorized parties like the one where three young men were killed in Tor...
Feb 05, 2020

Man to serve life for murder of B.C. officer who was 'incredible human being'
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A British Columbia police officer who worked tirelessly to create a positive, caring and fair-minded version of policing was shot from behind in the very uniform he attempted t...
Feb 05, 2020

Canadians returning from Wuhan to be quarantined in motel at CFB Trenton
OTTAWA - Canadians returning from the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak will remain in isolation - including from each other - and still need significant support after they arrive, federal H...
Feb 05, 2020

Canada Post asks cannabis producers to stop shipping to Campobello Island
OTTAWA - Canada Post has asked cannabis producers to stop shipping marijuana to a small island in Eastern Canada, in order to curb a sharp increase in the number of mail trucks being st...
Feb 05, 2020

Almost $150 million in vaunted oceans-protection funding not spent
OTTAWA - Almost $150 million allocated to help protect Canada's oceans has gone unspent by the Trudeau government over the past two years. The Liberals have touted their $1.5-billion oceans protection...
Feb 05, 2020

Opponents to ramp up protests against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Opponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion say they will do whatever it takes to stop the project after suffering a devastating legal blow at the Federal Court of Appeal. Tsleil-Wa...
Feb 05, 2020