Category Archives: Canada
Liberals hoping Outremont byelection win will lead to big gains in Quebec come October
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Rachel Bendayan, his candidate for the upcoming Outremont byelection, walked carefully along the ice-covered sidewalks Monday evening in Montreal to campai...
Jan 28, 2019
Liberals write off $163 million in student loans feds will never collect
OTTAWA - The federal government is writing off more than $163 million in outstanding student-loan payments that officials will never be able to collect. New spending documents show the government is g...
Jan 28, 2019
U.S. levels 13 charges against Huawei for stealing secrets, evading sanctions
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice laid out its case Monday against Canada’s most famous corporate detainee, unsealing 13 criminal counts of conspiracy, fraud and obstruction against Ch...
Jan 28, 2019
Man gets life for killing girl but case dismissed in another B.C. girl's murder
VANCOUVER - A judge called Garry Handlen a sexual predator and sentenced him to life in prison for killing a 12-year-old girl in 1978 but moments later dismissed a case involving allegations that the ...
Jan 28, 2019
Canada to host Venezuela summit to support anti-Maduro forces: Freeland
OTTAWA - Canada will host a meeting of Western Hemisphere countries next Monday to address the political and economic crisis in Venezuela. The Lima Group, a coalition of more than a dozen countries in...
Jan 28, 2019
'Debacle' with China latest foreign policy flub for Trudeau, says Scheer
OTTAWA - The “debacle” over the firing of Canada’s ambassador to China is the latest in a string of foreign-policy failures for the prime minister, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer ...
Jan 28, 2019
B.C. government has little power for legislature oversight: Premier Horgan
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier John Horgan says a recent report alleging spending abuses by the clerk and sergeant-at-arms raises concerns about a broader culture of “entitlement” in...
Jan 28, 2019
Transportation Safety Board involved in probe of crane collapsing on ship
VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board is deploying a team of investigators to the Port of Vancouver following the collapse of a large crane onto a loaded container vessel. A statement from the s...
Jan 28, 2019
Government officials to examine 'serious housing' situation in Cat Lake
OTTAWA - Senior regional officials will meet with the northern Ontario community of Cat Lake on Tuesday to develop short- and long-term plans for its “serious housing” situation, Indigenou...
Jan 28, 2019
In wake of terrorism charges, Kingston groups work to prevent backlash
OTTAWA - Suche James looked at the room of community leaders gathered at Kingston police headquarters to hammer out how the city was going to prevent a backlash to the city’s Muslim population a...
Jan 28, 2019
