Category Archives: Canada

Canadian couples trapped in Bahamas during Hurricane Dorian are safe: daughter
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area woman says her parents and their friends are safe after riding out Hurricane Dorian in the attic of a home in the Bahamas. Kristin Dudley said in a brief phon...
Sep 04, 2019

Lawsuit says forcing gas stations to display anti-carbon tax stickers is illegal
TORONTO - A civil rights group is asking the courts to declare an Ontario law mandating anti-carbon tax stickers on gas pumps to be illegal. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says the Stic...
Sep 04, 2019

Federal Court to hear arguments in top military judge's stalled court martial
OTTAWA - The Federal Court will hear arguments next month as prosecutors try to break a stalemate in the stalled court martial of Canada's top military judge. Col. Mario Dutil is facing four charges&n...
Sep 04, 2019

Liberals tap economic adviser Dominic Barton as new ambassador to China
OTTAWA - The Liberals are naming business consultant Dominic Barton as Canada's new ambassador to China. Barton steps into the role with the two countries engaged in a diplomatic feud. At the cen...
Sep 04, 2019

Trade tribunal investigating allegation of bias in search for third shipyard
OTTAWA - A trade tribunal is investigating the federal government's plan to add a third shipyard to its multibillion-dollar shipbuilding strategy over allegations the process is rigged in fa...
Sep 04, 2019

NDP and Greens battle to be the alternative for voters looking for a change
OTTAWA - When 14 former NDP candidates and officials in New Brunswick defected to the Greens on Tuesday, they acted out a switch the Green party hopes more left-leaning voters will make in the upcomin...
Sep 04, 2019

Trial begins for Montreal man charged with fatal stabbing of unborn child
MONTREAL - The trial of a Montreal man charged with fatally stabbing his unborn baby has opened at the Montreal courthouse. Sofiane Ghazi is charged with first-degree murder of the infa...
Sep 04, 2019

American police warned former army reservist in Manitoba likely crossed border
Police in the United States say a missing former army reservist with alleged ties to a neo-Nazi group is likely to have walked across the border from Manitoba and may have weapons. Patrik Mathews...
Sep 04, 2019

Ousted candidate says Liberals knew about social media posts well before sacking him
MONTREAL - A recently ousted Liberal candidate says the party knew about his controversial social media posts well before he was turfed as the nominee in a Montreal riding. Hassan Guillet to...
Sep 04, 2019

Investigators unable to determine cause of Halifax fire that killed 7 children
HALIFAX - Fire officials in Halifax say investigators have been unable to identify the cause of a fire that killed seven children in their family home in February. In the first significant update...
Sep 04, 2019