Category Archives: Canada
Super moon, lunar eclipse, king tides combine for powerful event Wednesday
VICTORIA - There will be a super blue blood moon on Wednesday and a total lunar eclipse, events that by themselves are not uncommon but combined they make for a spectacular night for skywatchers in We...
Jan 29, 2018
More than 1,000 people gather to mark one year anniversary of mosque shooting
QUEBEC - Amir Belkacemi addressed about a thousand people who braved the frigid cold in Quebec City on Monday night and asked them never to forget the tragic mosque shooting that killed his father and...
Jan 29, 2018
Party President Rick Dykstra's resignation the latest shakeup among Ont. PCs
TORONTO - The turmoil continued at Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party on Sunday, with party president Rick Dykstra announcing his resignation just hours after a major internal shakeup was ...
Jan 28, 2018
'It should be white and red' for Canada: Hannigan marks Grammy win with vino
Nova Scotia soprano Barbara Hannigan toasted her first Grammy Award with a glass of wine in Hamburg, Germany. While it’s an ocean away from music’s biggest night in New York, Hannigan said...
Jan 28, 2018
New Saskatchewan premier faces challenge keeping competing interests happy
REGINA - Political experts in Saskatchewan say the province’s new premier has to figure out how to keep fiscal conservatives happy, while also winning the trust of many voters who were dismayed ...
Jan 28, 2018
Canada, Mexico tell U.S. on NAFTA investor-state protection: Get in, or get out
MONTREAL - Canada and Mexico are applying pressure on the United States to decide whether it wants to be part of NAFTA’s investor-state dispute mechanism, threatening to sideline it unless it co...
Jan 28, 2018
Ivanhoe Cambridge suspends ties to U.K. firm linked to allegations of misconduct
MONTREAL - The real estate investment arm of Quebec’s pension fund manager is distancing itself from a British partner whose owner is at the heart of a sexual misconduct scandal making waves acr...
Jan 28, 2018
Quebec's controversial long-gun registry to come into effect on Monday
MONTREAL - Quebec’s provincial long-gun registry is set to come into effect on Monday - the one-year anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting. Public Security Minister Martin Coiteux told ...
Jan 28, 2018
ICBC posts $935M in net losses in first nine months of fiscal year
VANCOUVER - The financial crisis at British Columbia’s public auto insurer is deepening, as $1.3 billion in net losses are now projected by the end of the current fiscal year. The Insurance Corp...
Jan 28, 2018
Incumbent Liberals won't have to fight for right to carry party banner in 2019
OTTAWA - Liberal MPs won’t have to fight for the right to carry the ruling party’s banner in the next election - provided their riding war chest is at least half full and they’ve mad...
Jan 28, 2018
