Category Archives: Canada
Negotiator in Indigenous cases to be Saskatchewan's new lieutenant-governor
REGINA - A lawyer who was Ottawa’s chief negotiator in talks that led to the creation of Nunavut has been named Saskatchewan’s new lieutenant-governor. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has an...
Jan 22, 2018
Brother of boy killed by stray bullet in Vancouver says the death left a void
VANCOUVER - The brother of a 15-year-old boy who was killed by gunfire when his family’s vehicle passed a brazen shooting in Vancouver says they are still in shock and the death will leave a voi...
Jan 22, 2018
Snow storm left dozens stranded at Vancouver Island ski resort
COURTENAY, B.C. - Chairlift operations resumed Monday on Vancouver Island’s Mount Washington after a weekend snowstorm left dozens stranded. Sheila Rivers of Mount Washington Alpine Resort said ...
Jan 22, 2018
A deeper look into new research on factors that drive 'northern populism'
OTTAWA - Across the world, citizens who have felt sideswiped by technological, cultural and economic progress have sought to regain some measure of control by seeking to upend the political status quo...
Jan 22, 2018
Fewer than half of Canadians hold optimistic, open view of the world: poll
OTTAWA - Canada’s reputation as a nation with an open and optimistic world view that flies in the face of rising pessimism and nationalism elsewhere is being challenged by new research. Fewer th...
Jan 22, 2018
Ex-train engineer Tom Harding apologizes for his role in Lac-Megantic derailment
MONTREAL - The former train engineer recently acquitted of criminal negligence in the Lac-Megantic railway disaster apologized Monday in a rare public statement since the 2013 tragedy that claimed the...
Jan 22, 2018
Boeing skips key government information session for fighter-jet companies
OTTAWA - Boeing says it has not decided whether to submit its Super Hornet fighter jet as a potential replacement for Canada’s aging CF-18s, and is instead waiting to see how the federal governm...
Jan 22, 2018
Wind, pilot decisions were factors in 2016 seaplane crash in B.C.: TSB
RICHMOND, B.C. - Gusty crosswinds and poor decision-making by the pilot are blamed for causing the hard landing of a float plane on British Columbia’s north coast that seriously injured one pers...
Jan 22, 2018
Quebec judge rejects Jordan motion to end trial of ex-Amaya CEO and others
MONTREAL - An insider trading trial against former Amaya CEO David Baazov and his co-accused is set to get underway in the coming weeks after a Quebec judge rejected a defence motion to stay the proce...
Jan 22, 2018
Corporate Canada urged to up its game in promoting NAFTA with Americans
OTTAWA - For all of Canada’s efforts to promote the North American Free Trade Agreement on U.S. soil, there are concerns one important voice from the north has been a little quieter than the res...
Jan 22, 2018
