Category Archives: Canada
Alberta declares beer trade fight with Ontario over access to liquor stores
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is opening a new front in its beer war with other provinces by targeting Ontario for what it says are its unfair trade barriers to Alberta-made suds and other alcohol...
Nov 26, 2018
Liberals say government must show it can pay for promises as legislature returns
MONTREAL - Quebec’s legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for the first time since the Oct. 1 election, and Premier Francois Legault has two weeks before the winter break to begin delivering on hi...
Nov 26, 2018
Liberals say government must show it can pay for promises as legislature returns
MONTREAL - Quebec’s legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for the first time since the Oct. 1 election, and Premier Francois Legault has two weeks before the winter break to begin delivering on hi...
Nov 26, 2018
Defrocked Arctic priest Erik Dejaeger loses appeal of sex abuse convictions
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A defrocked Arctic priest jailed for abusing dozens of Inuit children has lost an appeal of his convictions and sentence. Erik Dejaeger, 71, will continue to serve his 19-year term ...
Nov 26, 2018
Defrocked Arctic priest Erik Dejaeger loses appeal of sex abuse convictions
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A defrocked Arctic priest jailed for abusing dozens of Inuit children has lost an appeal of his convictions and sentence. Erik Dejaeger, 71, will continue to serve his 19-year term ...
Nov 26, 2018
Report on Buddhist leader's alleged misconduct expected in January
HALIFAX - An independent probe into allegations against the spiritual leader of one of the western world’s largest Buddhist organizations has finished accepting new claims, with a final report i...
Nov 26, 2018
Student to get apology after being told her crop top was too distracting for gym
FREDERICTON - A Fredericton student who was told that the crop top she wore to a campus gym was too distracting will get an apology from St. Thomas University. MacKenzie Parsons said she was embarrass...
Nov 26, 2018
Report on Buddhist leader's alleged misconduct expected in January
HALIFAX - An independent probe into allegations against the spiritual leader of one of the western world’s largest Buddhist organizations has finished accepting new claims, with a final report i...
Nov 26, 2018
Student to get apology after being told her crop top was too distracting for gym
FREDERICTON - A Fredericton student who was told that the crop top she wore to a campus gym was too distracting will get an apology from St. Thomas University. MacKenzie Parsons said she was embarrass...
Nov 26, 2018
Politicians promise help for GM workers; stress that saving plant hopeless
Provincial and federal leaders alike conceded the futility Monday of trying to persuade General Motors to keep its Oshawa, Ont., automotive plant running beyond 2019, and instead focused on ways to ea...
Nov 26, 2018
