Category Archives: Canada
N.W.T. plans reforms to child services after scathing report by auditor general
YELLOWKNIFE - The government of the Northwest Territories has delivered a plan for major reforms to child services after a scathing report by the federal auditor general. “We will make steady, m...
Kayla Derkach Dec 12, 2018

Wish comes true: Ontario teen becomes prime minister for the day
OTTAWA - Fifteen-year-old Aiden Anderson wants potential voters to remember his name because one day, he says, he will be prime minister. The Ontario teen wanted to know what the job is like and this ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 12, 2018

MPs bid farewell to their Parliamentary home for at least 10 years
OTTAWA - As he does almost every day before attending question period, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bounded down the stairs between his third-floor office in Parliament Hill’s Centre Block and ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 12, 2018

Trump comments could be used in Huawei CFO's extradition defence: Freeland
OTTAWA - Remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump could be used by Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou to fight her extradition to the United States, Canada’s foreign minister said...
Kayla Derkach Dec 12, 2018

Edmonton truck attack suspect had encrypted device cops couldn't crack: ex-chief
Edmonton’s former police chief says a man charged in a truck attack in the city last year had an encrypted device police couldn’t crack. Rod Knecht was at an international counter-terroris...
Kayla Derkach Dec 12, 2018

Safer opioids actively being reviewed for epidemic: chief public health officer
OTTAWA - Public health officials across the country are seriously considering increasing the supply of safer opioids to quell a crisis that newly released data show helped claim more than 2,000 lives ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 12, 2018

Federal minister feuds with N.B. premier after dramatic project cuts
FREDERICTON - The federal intergovernmental affairs minister has launched an attack on the Tory premier of his home province, after dramatic project cuts that left millions of federal dollars on the t...
Kayla Derkach Dec 12, 2018

Firm says trees obstructing vision at Humboldt Broncos crash intersection
REGINA - A consulting firm says sight lines are a safety concern at the rural intersection where the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash happened. A 70-page safety review done for the Saskatchewan gover...
Kayla Derkach Dec 12, 2018

Canada pressured to match tough climate talk with leadership at key meeting
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is under intense pressure to fill a leadership void as countries try to hammer out how they will hold themselves accountable for implementing the Paris climate-change ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 12, 2018

Ethics watchdog chides capital commission CEO for 12 violations of rules
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog says the head of an agency overseeing important federal sites in and around Ottawa violated conflict-of-interest rules a dozen times. Mario Dion’s report, is...
Kayla Derkach Dec 12, 2018

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