Category Archives: Canada

Fans' frustration grows as Celine Dion cancels another two Vegas concerts
LAS VEGAS - Celine Dion has pulled out of another two concerts in Las Vegas, making it five shows she’s had to cancel this month due to illness. A statement on Dion’s Facebook page says co...
Kayla Derkach Jan 17, 2018

Newly freed Diab wants reforms to Canada's 'lousy' extradition law
OTTAWA - Newly freed Hassan Diab, who spent more than three years locked up in France on suspicion of murder, is calling for changes to Canada’s “lousy” extradition law. The Ottawa s...
Kayla Derkach Jan 17, 2018
'Racist' posters removed from University of New Brunswick campus
FREDERICTON - Posters featuring a “racist and bigoted” message have been removed from a number of buildings on the University of New Brunswick campus in Fredericton. The posters make infla...
Kayla Derkach Jan 17, 2018

Canada-US women's group created by Trudeau, Trump issues first proposals
WASHINGTON - A Canada-U.S. women-in-business group created by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump released its first set of recommendations Wednesday, proposing more affordab...
Kayla Derkach Jan 17, 2018

Senate lawyers to ask court to remove upper chamber from Duffy lawsuit
OTTAWA - The Senate wants an Ottawa judge to remove it from a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed by Sen. Mike Duffy, arguing that the upper chamber is protected by parliamentary privilege. Duffy is see...
Kayla Derkach Jan 17, 2018

University prof suspended after allegedly insulting student with severe anxiety
An Ontario university says it has suspended a professor who, students allege, insulted one of their classmates who suffers from severe anxiety. University of Guelph students who witnessed the exchange...
Kayla Derkach Jan 17, 2018
Quebec raising minimum wage to $12 as of May 1
MONTREAL - Quebec will raise the province’s minimum wage to $12 an hour as of May 1, Labour Minister Dominique Vien announced Wednesday. More than 352,000 workers stand to benefit from the 75-ce...
Kayla Derkach Jan 17, 2018
Halifax police lay charges in heckling of CTV reporter during live broadcast
HALIFAX - A 25-year-old man has been charged after a crass taunt was hurled at a female reporter as she was broadcasting live from a Halifax pub. CTV Atlantic reporter Heather Butts told her Twitter f...
Kayla Derkach Jan 17, 2018
Havens needed for unwanted babies, advocates say after Toronto baby abandonment report
TORONTO - The media frenzy surrounding reports that a newborn baby had been abandoned in Toronto highlights the need for Canada to fall in line with other countries around the world and offer safe hav...
Kayla Derkach Jan 17, 2018
Halifax man jailed after forcing woman into prostitution, denying her food
HALIFAX - A Halifax man who pushed a young woman back into prostitution, and admitted threatening to chop her up and serve her at a dinner party, has been sentenced to 16 months in jail. Leslie Gray a...
Kayla Derkach Jan 17, 2018

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