Category Archives: Canada
Garneau and transportation industry 'cautiously optimistic' about NAFTA: minister
MONTREAL - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says he shares the cautious optimism of Canada’s transportation industry that a deal will be reached to modernize NAFTA. The minister said the sustaine...
Jan 17, 2018
Feds mum on possible Canadian support to new U.S.-backed Syrian border force
OTTAWA - The federal government is refusing to say whether Canada will support the creation of a 30,000-strong border security force in Syria, plans for which have already drawn opposition from Russia...
Jan 17, 2018
Teen caught in gang shootout in Vancouver remembered as polite, friendly
VANCOUVER - A 15-year-old who was struck by a bullet when his family’s car passed a brazen gang shooting in Vancouver is being remembered as a polite, friendly boy who loved to swim and was trai...
Jan 17, 2018
Canadian TV anchor Ashleigh Banfield on the reaction to her Aziz Ansari rant
Canadian TV news anchor Ashleigh Banfield says she felt compelled to publicly challenge the sexual assault accusations against comedian Aziz Ansari because the “injustice” risked harming t...
Jan 17, 2018
Donald Trump's election 'an enabling force' for hate, U.S. scholar says
HALIFAX - Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter may have provided the combustion for the explosion of hateful views, but more online policing isn’t the solution, says a leading schola...
Jan 17, 2018
Overdose deaths and medical responses in Vancouver reached new peak last year
VANCOUVER - The number of overdose deaths in Vancouver increased by 43 per cent last year compared with 2016. The city says there were 335 overdose deaths last year, compared with 234 the year before....
Jan 17, 2018
Rum, vodka, gin: Nova Scotia kindles sudden explosion of craft distilleries
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has kindled an explosion of spirit makers - there are now 16 in Canada’s second-smallest province - through attractive craft distillery policies and collaborations with loc...
Jan 17, 2018
Liberals try to allay fears of faith-based groups over summer jobs program
OTTAWA - Faith-based organizations are welcome to seek federal funding to create summer jobs for youth, the Liberal government says, but it has not budged from a new requirement that recipients demons...
Jan 17, 2018
Rules needed for candidates' withdrawal: Elections Nova Scotia report
HALIFAX - An Elections Nova Scotia report is recommending the government move to clear up voter confusion around the withdrawal of candidates after nominations close. During last spring’s provin...
Jan 17, 2018
Loblaw, CRA face off in court in dispute that could cost grocery giant $404M
TORONTO - Loblaw Companies Ltd. and the Canada Revenue Agency faced off in a Toronto court Wednesday in a $404-million dispute involving allegations that the grocery giant’s Barbadian banking su...
Jan 17, 2018
