Category Archives: Canada

Woman testifies about strange dynamic in home shared with Winnipeg murder suspect
WINNIPEG - A woman says jealousy was a problem in a house several women shared with a man who is accused of killing one of them. "Five women all vying for the attention of one man, obviously, there wo...
May 23, 2019

Tiny increase in young appointees to federal posts after Liberal overhaul
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's changes to the federal appointments system has yielded a small increase in the number of younger people getting government posts, but their overall represen...
May 23, 2019

Fight over metals tariffs focused Cdn industries on China: aluminum company CEO
SEPT-ILES, Que. - American tariffs on Canadian aluminum cut into profits but didn't slow production or hurt employment, says the CEO of the Quebec company whose plant Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vis...
May 23, 2019

Animal welfare advocates move to seize exotic animals from Quebec roadside zoo
ST-EDOUARD-DE-MASKINONGE, Que. - In what they're describing as a Canadian first, animal welfare officials announced Tuesday that they were charging the owner of a Quebec zoo with criminal animal ...
May 23, 2019

Scheer promises mandatory sentence of five years for child abuse
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is pledging to get tough on crime with mandatory minimum sentences of five years for anyone convicted of abusing children. Scheer, who made the announce...
May 23, 2019

Ontario researchers invent way to store vaccines at higher temperatures
Ontario researchers say they've come up with a simple way to store vaccines at higher temperatures for weeks at a time, potentially solving a major problem in the fight against preventable diseas...
May 23, 2019

Feds launch tourism strategy designed to boost sector 25 per cent by 2025
OTTAWA - A new Canadian tourism strategy is meant to help boost international visits to Canada during non-peak seasons by more than a million people and get visitors to see the cou...
May 23, 2019

Supreme Court of Canada won't hear Alberta murder appeals
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear the appeals of an Alberta couple convicted of first-degree murder. Sheena Cuthill and her husband Timothy Rempel were found guilty three years ago of ki...
May 23, 2019

N.L. man found not guilty of possessing child pornography in sex doll trial
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Newfoundland man has been found not guilty of possessing child pornography after a judge determined it was not proven he knew the sex doll he ordered was child-sized. A ...
May 23, 2019

Crews fight fire with fire to keep blaze from northern Alberta town
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - A fire-threatened town in northern Alberta says a successful controlled burn has been carried out to help keep a raging nearby wildfire at bay. A statement on High Level's web...
May 22, 2019