Category Archives: Canada
Commons to provide translation for MPs speaking Indigenous languages
OTTAWA - When Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette gave a speech last year entirely in Cree, hardly any of his fellow parliamentarians in the House of Commons understood a word he said. That’s bec...
Nov 30, 2018
Officer had to order other cops away from Oland crime scene, trial hears
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The battered body of multi-millionaire Richard Oland attracted unwanted attention from several Saint John police officers who visited the scene just to get a look, the Dennis Oland ...
Nov 30, 2018
Alberta takes steps to ban mandatory high heels in the workplace
EDMONTON - Alberta has taken steps to ban employers from requiring people to wear high heels at work. Labour Minister Christina Gray says the province is amending the occupational health and safety co...
Nov 30, 2018
Canada led joint G7 statement condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine: Freeland
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Canada has spearheaded a G7 foreign-ministers’ statement that condemns Russian aggression in Ukraine and urges the release of detained sailors, Foreign Affairs Minister...
Nov 30, 2018
N.B. Tories survive throne speech vote, plan to amend ban on fracking
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says his government will change regulations to allow limited shale gas development - and could have it done before the end of the year. The Tories̵...
Nov 30, 2018
Feds to introduce co-developed legislation on Indigenous child services in 2019
OTTAWA - Indigenous leaders expressed optimism Friday that the federal government is finally trying to fix a child-welfare system that has become Canada’s modern version of residential schools. ...
Nov 30, 2018
Alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur to stand trial in January 2020
TORONTO - An alleged serial killer facing murder charges in the deaths of eight men with ties to Toronto’s gay village will stand trial in January 2020. Bruce McArthur said little in a brief cou...
Nov 30, 2018
Eco, health groups and provinces seek status in carbon-tax court challenge
OTTAWA - The battle royal over carbon pricing in Canada is getting even hotter, with provinces, environment groups, a First Nation and health experts all asking for permission to participate in a Sask...
Nov 30, 2018
Reporter must give RCMP material about accused terrorist: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - A Vice Media reporter must give the RCMP material he gathered for stories about an accused terrorist, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in a case that pitted press freedoms against the in...
Nov 30, 2018
Military arrives to bring relief to storm-battered Quebec islands
MONTREAL - Life on the Iles-de-la-Madeleine was slowly returning to normal Friday after a fierce winter storm cut residents off from the rest of the province and sent waves crashing into coastal homes...
Nov 30, 2018
