Category Archives: Canada
Former PQ minister Yves-Francois Blanchet acclaimed as Bloc Quebecois leader
MONTREAL - The Bloc Quebecois will vote only in Quebec’s interests without regard for the rest of the country, Yves-Francois Blanchet vowed Thursday on his first day as leader of the struggling ...
Jan 17, 2019
Flush the milk: Study finds more than half of food produced in Canada wasted
More than half the food produced in Canada is wasted and the average kitchen tosses out hundreds of dollars worth of edibles every year, says a study researchers are calling the first of its kind. ...
Jan 17, 2019
Freeland condemns killers of Canadian mining executive found dead in Africa
HALIFAX - Canadian officials are condemning the killers of a Halifax mining executive praised as a much-loved family man and highly talented geologist with a knack for spotting producing mines. Kirk W...
Jan 17, 2019
Police thought Dennis Oland might flee after his father's murder, trial told
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Police believed that Dennis Oland, the prime suspect in the murder of his father, Richard, was a flight risk and that is why they tried to rush evidence through the RCMP crime lab. ...
Jan 17, 2019
Defence chief admits slower-than-expected growth in female representation
OTTAWA - Canada’s top military officer admits there has been slower progress than expected to get more women into the Canadian Forces. New figures show there has been only a small increase in th...
Jan 17, 2019
A federal employee is detained in China. Does he have diplomatic immunity?
OTTAWA - “We are extremely concerned as should be all countries around the world that China is choosing to act arbitrarily whether it is in application of its own justice system to its own citiz...
Jan 17, 2019
Canada's arrest of Huawei exec an act of 'backstabbing,' Chinese ambassador says
OTTAWA - Canada’s arrest of a senior Huawei executive was the “backstabbing” of a friend, Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye said Thursday, and he warned of repercussions if the federal gov...
Jan 17, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 17
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Jan. 17 --- U.S. DENOUNCES DEATH PENALTY AGAINST CANADIAN The U.S. has denounced a death sentence imposed on a Canadian man in China as “politically motiva...
Jan 17, 2019
Woman who admitted to attack at Canadian Tire found guilty on terror charges
TORONTO - A Toronto-area woman who admitted to attacking workers at a Canadian Tire store with a golf club and butcher knife in an effort to help ISIL was found guilty of several terror charges Thursd...
Jan 17, 2019
Global trade disruptions don't dampen Morneau's optimism about Canada's economy
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Finance Minister Bill Morneau painted a rosy picture of Canada’s economic future Wednesday, despite diplomatic and political upheavals around the world that could disrupt glob...
Jan 16, 2019
