The Canadian Press LANGLEY, B.C.–A collection of classic vehicles worth millions of dollars was destroyed yesterday when fire raced through a building in Langley, B.C. Alyn Edwards, a columnist who writes about classic cars and a good friend of the owners, Garry and Darlene Cassidy, said they are devastated by […]
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The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Striking college faculty workers are calling on the Ontario government to pressure college administrators to return to the bargaining table in a labour dispute that’s caused headaches for half a million students. But the province said it has no current plans to intervene. At a rally […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–A Quebec man’s enthusiastic singing in the confines of his own car has earned him a $149 ticket for yelling. Taoufik Moalla told CTV Montreal he was shocked and surprised after Montreal police officers stopped him on Sept. 27 not far from his home in the St-Laurent […]
The Canadian PressBill Graveland CALGARY–Alberta prosecutors say court backlogs and delays mean they are tossing criminal cases “on the trash heap.” Senior Calgary prosecutor Jonathan Hak told court this week the system is overloaded with criminal cases and “there’s not a blessed thing the Crown can do about that.” “What […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA–A high fertility rate and a growing sense of self are fuelling an explosion in the ranks of indigenous peoples, according to fresh census numbers that lay bare the demographic challenges facing one of the most vulnerable and poverty-stricken segments in Canada. Nearly 1.7 million people […]
The Canadian Press SALMON ARM, B.C.–The Mounties are bringing in specialists to help search a rural property in Salmon Arm, B.C., where they say human remains have been found. Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said yesterday a forensics team that specializes in recovering evidence is among the personnel searching the 10-hectare property. […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Three Canadians who were tortured in Syria have received just over $31 million in federal compensation. The Liberal government said in March it had settled long-standing lawsuits filed by Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad El Maati, and Muayyed Nureddin over the federal role in their ordeals, though details of […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones Two Ontario Liberals were acquitted of Election Act bribery charges Tuesday in a case the party and one of the defendants suggested only was brought to trial because of political motivations. The judge hearing the case granted a directed verdict application from the defence that called […]
By Dan Elliott The Associated Press DENVER — Scientists say they have more evidence that an increase in earthquakes on the Colorado-New Mexico border since 2001 has been caused by wells that inject wastewater from oil and gas production back underground, similar to human-caused quakes in Oklahoma and other states. […]
The Associated Press UXBRIDGE, Mass. — A female high school student who had the best score at a boys’ golf tournament in Massachusetts has been denied the trophy because she’s a girl. Lunenburg High School student Emily Nash’s score of 75 at the Central Massachusetts Division 3 boys’ golf tournament […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s High Court will rule Friday on whether seven lawmakers including the deputy prime minister and two senior ministers are eligible to sit in Parliament in a case that threatens the conservative government’s slender majority. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said […]
By Paul Elias The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A California sheriff released new details Wednesday in the mysterious case of a young mother who was found battered and bruised but alive along a freeway after she was missing for three weeks. The Shasta County sheriff’s department also released sketches […]
