Category Archives: Canada
Prime minister pleased tensions are easing at site of B.C. pipeline protest
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Arrests at a blockade this week show the government needs to properly engage with Indigenous Peoples and build a different relationship than it has had in the past, Prime Minister Jus...
Jan 10, 2019
Sister of tennis star Eugenie Bouchard testifies in online harassment case
MONTREAL - Charlotte Bouchard says her decision to pursue criminal charges against a Montreal man accused of harassing her will have been worth it if it helps just one victim of online stalking. The 2...
Jan 10, 2019
Freeland says Venezuela's Maduro is now a dictator after illegitimate win
OTTAWA - Thursday’s inauguration of Nicolas Maduro has solidified him as a dictator, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a scathing denunciation of the Venezuelan president that a...
Jan 10, 2019
Vandalism causes death of 700,000 young chum salmon at B.C. hatchery
POWELL RIVER, B.C. - The manager of a salmon hatchery north of Vancouver says it will take years to recover from vandalism that led to the deaths of 700,000 fish. Shane Dobler, hatchery manager for th...
Jan 10, 2019
Cabinet shuffle coming on Monday after Brison quits, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet Monday to fill the gap left by veteran MP Scott Brison’s resignation. But it remains to be seen whether the prime minister will take the opportun...
Jan 10, 2019
Container ship fire off Canada's east coast 'largely contained'
HALIFAX - A fire that has been burning for a week aboard a container ship off Canada’s east coast is now said to be “largely contained” and under control. The German shipping company...
Jan 10, 2019
Detained ex-Canadian diplomat Kovrig gets second consular visit in China
OTTAWA - Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig received a consular visit Thursday for the second time since his arrest in China last month for allegedly endangering Chinese national security, the go...
Jan 10, 2019
Disappearance of Canadian in Africa highlights risk of ignoring travel warnings
MONTREAL - Tarek Loubani says he knew it was risky providing medical care to protesters at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel in May 2018. He travelled to the territory anyway, and he was sh...
Jan 10, 2019
N.B. cannabis retailer lays off staffers as 'operational needs' become clear
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s cannabis retailer is laying off staff, saying it has a better understanding of “operational needs” three months after the historic legalization of recre...
Jan 10, 2019
Trump: USMCA to pay for wall; 'I never said they would write out a cheque'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump leaned ever closer Thursday towards declaring a national emergency at the southern U.S. border - and repeated his flummoxing claim that America’s new trade pa...
Jan 10, 2019
