Category Archives: Canada
Mattis resignation not likely to damage Canada-U.S. security ties: experts
OTTAWA - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ decision to resign creates a void for Canada, says former Defence Minister Peter MacKay, because of Mattis’s deep understanding of Canada’...
Dec 21, 2018
'Grossly disproportional:' Ski resort appeals $2M fine for cutting trees
CALGARY - A world-renowned Alberta ski resort is appealing a $2.1-million-dollar fine it received for cutting down endangered trees five years ago. Lake Louise Ski Resort pleaded guilty last December ...
Dec 21, 2018
Man who called Quebec City police officer 'douchebag' ordered to pay $150 fine
MONTREAL - Following exhaustive analysis, a Quebec City municipal court judge has determined the word “douchebag” is indeed an insult, and a man who levelled it a police officer was guilty...
Dec 21, 2018
Stranger replaces Good Samaritan's stolen cellphone in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - The RCMP say a Good Samaritan whose cellphone was stolen while she was helping an accident victim in Nanaimo, B.C., has had the device replaced by a stranger. Const. Gary O’Brien...
Dec 21, 2018
Freeland demands China release detained Canadians
OTTAWA - After more than a week of expressing worsening upset about China’s arrests of two Canadians, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland on Friday formally demanded that Michael Kovrig a...
Dec 21, 2018
Human rights body probing reports Inuit kids punished for speaking Inuktitut
MONTREAL - Quebec’s human rights commission has launched an investigation into the treatment of Inuit children in the youth protection system, citing reports that Indigenous youth were prevented...
Dec 21, 2018
Liberals' refusal to listen to concerns about border-crossers dangerous: Scheer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the most divisive prime minister in the history of Canada. Scheer is lashing out at Trudeau and the Liberal party for d...
Dec 21, 2018
No trial for cop who refused to intervene before teen killed himself in park
TORONTO - The pre-trial acquittal of an on-duty Toronto police officer who drove away despite a plea to intervene as a teenager prepared to kill himself has been upheld on appeal. In its ruling this w...
Dec 21, 2018
Canada to impose stricter rules for drone operation next year
Incoming new rules for drone operation in Canada are designed to help buck a growing global trend of incursions into space reserved for air travel, government officials said as tens of thousands of tr...
Dec 21, 2018
Canadian federation is fractured, New Brunswick's rookie premier says
FREDERICTON - The rookie Tory premier of New Brunswick has declared the Canadian federation fractured - with Ottawa and other provinces seemingly unconcerned about Alberta’s slump, and Quebec ac...
Dec 21, 2018
