Category Archives: Canada
Expelled Canadian envoy says stable Saudi Arabia needed amid Khashoggi probe
OTTAWA - Canadian and global foreign policy towards Saudi Arabia can’t be driven by revulsion over the treatment of individual human rights cases, Canada’s most recent ambassador to the co...
Oct 16, 2018
Feds' tariff relief plan faces criticism; Morneau says 50 firms now surtax-free
OTTAWA - The federal government has so far exempted 50 Canadian companies from surtaxes imposed last summer when Ottawa slapped retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports, Finance Minister...
Oct 16, 2018
Feds' tariff relief plan faces criticism; Morneau says 50 firms now surtax-free
OTTAWA - The federal government has so far exempted 50 Canadian companies from surtaxes imposed last summer when Ottawa slapped retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports, Finance Minister...
Oct 16, 2018
Calgary Flames co-owner helped pay ransom to free hostage Amanda Lindhout
CALGARY - A Calgary businessman and philanthropist paid roughly $750,000 to help free kidnapped journalist Amanda Lindhout in Somalia. Allan Markin, a co-owner of the Calgary Flames, didn’t know...
Oct 16, 2018
Calgary Flames co-owner helped pay ransom to free hostage Amanda Lindhout
CALGARY - A Calgary businessman and philanthropist paid roughly $750,000 to help free kidnapped journalist Amanda Lindhout in Somalia. Allan Markin, a co-owner of the Calgary Flames, didn’t know...
Oct 16, 2018
Canadian crew member killed in ship accident at seaway dock in New York state
MASSENA, N.Y. - Authorities say a Canadian man working on a freighter has died after he fell off a dock on the St. Lawrence Seaway in northern New York. WWNY-TV in Watertown reports 57-year-old Alfred...
Oct 16, 2018
Officials raise alarm after spate of suicides in northern Quebec region of Nunavik
MONTREAL - A spate of suicides in northern Quebec Inuit communities has the local school board sounding the alarm about what one official describes as a “deep and ongoing crisis.” “I...
Oct 16, 2018
Canadian crew member killed in ship accident at seaway dock in New York state
MASSENA, N.Y. - Authorities say a Canadian man working on a freighter has died after he fell off a dock on the St. Lawrence Seaway in northern New York. WWNY-TV in Watertown reports 57-year-old Alfred...
Oct 16, 2018
Officials raise alarm after spate of suicides in northern Quebec region of Nunavik
MONTREAL - A spate of suicides in northern Quebec Inuit communities has the local school board sounding the alarm about what one official describes as a “deep and ongoing crisis.” “I...
Oct 16, 2018
Dog bit girl: Saskatoon police review finds canine and handler met standards
SASKATOON - A Saskatoon police dog that was removed from duty after it bit a six-year-old girl while it was tracking suspects is back on the job. The Saskatoon Police Service says its investigation, w...
Oct 16, 2018
