Category Archives: Canada

Toronto family receives death certificate years after daughter was murdered
TORONTO - Linda and Clayton Babcock have known for two years that their daughter suffered a horrific death - her body burned in an animal incinerator - but they have finally ...
Dec 10, 2019

Meng Wanzhou wins right to more documents involving arrest at Vancouver airport
VANCOUVER - Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has won an application for more documents to be disclosed as she alleges there was an abuse of process during her arrest at Vancouver's airport last...
Dec 10, 2019

Millions in Bebawi's accounts were bonuses authorized by SNC bosses: defence
MONTREAL - A jury was told today that millions of dollars that ended up in the accounts of a former SNC-Lavalin executive on trial for fraud and corruption were legitimate bonuses authorized by the co...
Dec 10, 2019

Crews still battling fire from crude oil train derailment in central Saskatchewan
LANIGAN, Sask. - Saskatchewan's public safety agency says crews are working in frigid temperatures as they continue to battle a fire that started when a freight train carrying...
Dec 10, 2019

Tax cuts, flood fight and cost-control on Manitoba premier's agenda
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is promising a "bolder" approach in 2020 with his Progressive Conservative government now in its second term. Pallister says despite fears of a potentially ...
Dec 10, 2019

B.C. seaplane company tests first commercial electronic aircraft
RICHMOND, B.C. - The world's first all-electric commercial aircraft landed today after a test flight at the Harbour Air Seaplane terminal in Richmond, B.C. Harbour Air announced in March tha...
Dec 10, 2019

Taxpayers' watchdog launches probe of child benefit rules, program
OTTAWA - The federal taxpayers' ombudsman is launching a review of the Liberal government's signature child benefit amid concerns that eligibility rules are preventing payments to some of Canada'...
Dec 10, 2019

Statistics Canada overreached with banking info collection plans: Privacy czar
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog says the national statistics agency could not justify plans to collect data about Canadians' financial transactions without their knowled...
Dec 10, 2019

NewsAlert: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces agreement on North American trade pact
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces agreement on North American trade pact. Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is in Mexico today to finalize the amended deal. More ...
Dec 09, 2019

Alberta Premier set to make case directly to Trudeau for more federal action
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are set to meet face-to-face today for the first time since voters in that province threw out all of its Liberal MPs. Kenney had...
Dec 10, 2019