Category Archives: Canada
Some Alberta minor hockey players getting heat for Indigenous locker room dance
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The Fort McMurray Minor Hockey Association has apologized after a video of three players doing an Indigenous dance in a locker room caused an uproar. In the video, a boy is seen...
Jan 22, 2019
Freezing death of Duceppe's mother sign of problems in seniors' homes: Legault
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault said Tuesday the freezing death of Gilles Duceppe’s mother shows there are problems to be addressed in the province’s seniors’ residences. ...
Jan 22, 2019
Some numbers from B.C. Speaker's report
VICTORIA - A report by British Columbia legislature Speaker Darryl Plecas alleges spending misconduct by two top officials who have been suspended during an ongoing RCMP investigation. Sergeant-at-arm...
Jan 22, 2019
Resolute Forest Products loses most of lawsuit against enviro groups in U.S.
A Montreal-based forestry company has had most of its lawsuit against a group of environmental organizations dismissed by a California judge. The suit was brought by Resolute Forest Products against G...
Jan 22, 2019
B.C. hopes federal election won't get in way of co-operation on money laundering
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s attorney general says he is hoping a federal election campaign won’t get in the way of Ottawa fully co-operating with the province to deal with serious alleg...
Jan 22, 2019
Canadian navy pressing ahead on life extensions for submarines
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence is pushing ahead with plans to extend the lives of Canada’s submarine fleet, with the head of the navy hoping some work will start in the coming month...
Jan 22, 2019
Transgender girl says sex-ed repeal made her nervous about returning to school
TORONTO - A transgender girl fighting the Ontario government’s repeal of a modernized sex-ed curriculum says she felt nervous about returning to school last fall after the policy change was anno...
Jan 22, 2019
Kenney accuser declines to specify which housing rules he says Kenney broke
EDMONTON - A lawyer accusing Alberta United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney of breaking parliamentary residency rules while serving as an MP is declining to explain which regulation he believes Kenne...
Jan 22, 2019
B.C. Greens won't support officials' return to legislature after spending report
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s Green party will not support the return to the legislature of two senior officers after a report by the Speaker was released alleging spending abuses. Andrew Weaver...
Jan 22, 2019
Cannabis-carrying border-crossers could be hit with fines under coming system
OTTAWA - Travellers caught sneaking small amounts of marijuana into Canada could soon be forced to pay fines. Although stiff criminal penalties will remain options on the books, the federal border age...
Jan 22, 2019
