Category Archives: Canada

Fredette's lawyer urges jury to opt for manslaughter in double murder case
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - A Quebec man accused of the murder of two people, including his ex-wife, snapped the day of the killings but didn't intend to kill anyone, his lawyer told a jury on Thur...
Sep 28, 2019

Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier speaks at UN sustainability forum
NEW YORK - Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier addressed hundreds of international guests at UN headquarters in Manhattan Saturday. The 15-year-old activist from Wiikwemkoong First Nation on...
Sep 28, 2019

Supreme Court sides with Ontario in dispute over property-survey copyright
OTTAWA - A Supreme Court of Canada decision has put the brakes on a long-planned class-action suit over the rights to property surveys in Ontario. Keatley Surveying Ltd. brought the act...
Sep 28, 2019

Trudeau, Scheer trade populism warnings, corruption charges on campaign
Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer evoked the populism-fuelled political turmoil in the United States and Britain and the SNC-Lavalin scandal to vilify each other on the federal campaign trail Thur...
Sep 27, 2019

A cuppa plastic and talking to strangers; In-The-News for Sept. 26
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 26. What we are watching ...
Sep 28, 2019

Scheer to visit oil-services company in Edmonton as Singh lingers in B.C.
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer takes his Conservative election campaign to an Edmonton oil-industry company today. He's visiting FourQuest Energy, a firm that specializes in nitrogen cooling and cleaning...
Sep 28, 2019

Fatal July plane crash near Jasper, Alta., happened after Cessna stalled: TSB
JASPER, Alta. - An investigation has determined a fatal plane crash in Jasper National Park was caused when the aircraft stalled and went into a spin shortly after takeoff. One passenger died and the ...
Sep 27, 2019

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg greeted as star at Montreal march
Montreal was hit by Greta-mania Friday as teen Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg took the city by storm, bringing her message that urgent action is needed against climate ch...
Sep 27, 2019

Safe air, clean water: Canadian climate strike protesters have demands
Thousands of Canadians hit the streets Friday demanding change to stop the effects of climate change. Canadians joined people all over the world in demonstrations sparked by 16-year-old Swed...
Sep 27, 2019

'No need' for lengthy border exam of Meng Wanzhou before her arrest: defence
VANCOUVER - The defence team for a Huawei executive whose arrest at Vancouver's airport sparked a diplomatic crisis between Canada and China says there was no good reason for border officials to ...
Sep 27, 2019