Category Archives: Canada
Minister, board urge B.C. school trustee to resign over LGBTQ remarks
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - British Columbia’s education minister is joining calls for a school board member to step down after the trustee said education policies aimed at supporting LGBTQ students amou...
Jan 19, 2018
Government triggers NAFTA Chapter 19 over punitive U.S. import duties
OTTAWA - The federal government has filed requests for panel reviews under NAFTA Chapter 19 to appeal final U.S. decisions to impose duties on imports of Bombardier C Series aircraft and softwood lumb...
Jan 19, 2018
Lac-Megantic residents say wrong people accused, company responsible for disaster
MONTREAL - A Quebec man whose kid sister was one of 47 people killed in the Lac-Megantic tragedy says the three men acquitted Friday should have never been put on trial. “I think, very sincerely...
Jan 19, 2018
Firefighters in Surrey, B.C. help develop software to combat overdose crisis
SURREY, B.C. - Firefighters in Surrey, B.C., have turned to technology in the battle against opioid overdoses. The fire department has partnered with Vancouver-based software developer GINQO to create...
Jan 19, 2018
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Jan. 19 --- ALL THREE ACQUITTED IN LAC-MEGANTIC TRIAL: One of the most closely watched Canadian trials in recent years ended Friday with the acquittal of thre...
Jan 19, 2018
Security, reproductive rights, investment: how politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - Piercing the winter doldrums was the political goal of the week for all three party leaders. Justin Trudeau took to town halls in Quebec and northern Ontario to show he is a man of the people...
Jan 19, 2018
Women's movement has come a long way since their march on Washington: Activists
A march that began as a protest against a newly minted American president has morphed into a broad pushback against long-standing systems and a call for empowerment for all marginalized groups, advoca...
Jan 19, 2018
Most vessels obeyed emergency Gulf speed limit to protect endangered whales
OTTAWA - Almost 90 per cent of the ships that passed through the Gulf of St. Lawrence over the last five months complied with an emergency speed limit to help protect the whales that plied those same ...
Jan 19, 2018
Orphaned cougar in B.C.'s Interior recovers from frostbite and hunger
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A young cougar left hungry and orphaned when its mother was hit by a vehicle is recovering from frostbite in Williams Lake, B.C. Ron LeBlanc of the B.C. Conservation Officer Serv...
Jan 19, 2018
Timeline of Lac-Megantic events
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Three men were found not guilty Friday in connection with the Lac-Megantic train disaster in July 2013. Here is a timeline of key moments related to the the derailment: JULY 6, 2013...
Jan 19, 2018
