Category Archives: Canada
What a federal ethics report reveals about how Justin Trudeau sees his job
OTTAWA - The prime minister doesn’t have business meetings. He has relationship sessions. That’s the view Justin Trudeau outlined to the ethics commissioner during her probe of TrudeauR...
Dec 25, 2017
Canada revokes Venezuelan diplomats' credentials in retaliative move
OTTAWA - Canada is moving to expel a Venezuelan diplomat from the country and strip his credentials in retaliation after his Canadian counterpart was kicked out of the South American nation. The lates...
Dec 25, 2017
Queen Elizabeth, royals and Markle attend Christmas service
SANDRINGHAM, England - Queen Elizabeth and senior members of the Royal Family - along with newcomer Meghan Markle, an American actress engaged to Prince Harry - attended a Christmas church service on ...
Dec 25, 2017
B.C. premier says housing top issue for 2018, but much more on NDP to-do list
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says addressing British Columbia’s housing crisis is his government’s top priority in 2018, but it’s not the only pressing concern on his minority New ...
Dec 25, 2017
Horgan says next year's electoral reform referendum likely B.C.'s last attempt
VICTORIA - A pact with the Green party that allowed the NDP to form a minority government in British Columbia is a working example of electoral reform ahead of a referendum on the issue next year, Pre...
Dec 25, 2017
Calgary homicide detectives investigating death of newborn baby
Calgary’s Homicide Unit is investigating the death of a newborn baby whose body was discovered in a parking lot. Police say a resident in the city’s Bowness neighbourhood called them late ...
Dec 25, 2017
Inuk woman released from hospital after struggle with liver failure
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An Inuk activist from Labrador whose struggle with acute liver failure sparked a national discussion about an Ontario transplant policy is being released from hospital in what...
Dec 24, 2017
Trudeau Christmas message calls for giving, recalls government's accomplishments
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking Canadians to reach out to their neighbours as they celebrate the holidays. In his annual Christmas address to the nation, Trudeau urges people to make ...
Dec 24, 2017
Sobeys takes romaine lettuce off shelves as precaution amid E. coli outbreak
STELLARTON, N.S. - The Sobeys grocery chain says it is pulling romaine lettuce products from its shelves out of “an abundance of caution” about E. coli contamination. The Public Health Age...
Dec 24, 2017
Man keeps unopened Christmas gift from girl who dumped him almost 50 years ago
EDMONTON - As Canadians tear open their presents this Christmas morning, there’s one dog-eared gift that an Edmonton man won’t be opening that came from an old girlfriend who dumped him al...
Dec 24, 2017
