Category Archives: Canada
Gord Downie chosen as the Canadian Press Newsmaker for second consecutive year
TORONTO - Gord Downie only appeared in public a handful of times in 2017, but his calls for a more inclusive Canada resonated even in his absence. Whether it was the poignant lyrics flowing through hi...
Dec 19, 2017
Trudeau, Scheer put families on their Christmas cards
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer are going with a family theme on their Christmas - or holiday - cards this year. Trudeau’s card features a dozen smal...
Dec 19, 2017
Canada and U.S. to host North Korea meeting in Vancouver next month
OTTAWA - Canada and United States will co-host a major international meeting of foreign ministers on the North Korean crisis next month in Vancouver. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announc...
Dec 19, 2017
New data show foreign owners make up small amount of home, condo owners
OTTAWA - The country is getting a clearer picture of the level of foreign cash in some of the hottest housing markets, adding more statistical fuel to the debate about how much influence foreign buyer...
Dec 19, 2017
Procurement minister cuts first steel for third Arctic patrol vessel
HALIFAX - Canada’s federal procurement minister isn’t ruling out the possibility of asking Irving Shipbuilding to build more Arctic patrol vessels to address a looming gap in the construct...
Dec 19, 2017
It's Canada and U.K. v. U.S. airplane giant at trade tribunal hearing
WASHINGTON - In a test case for the aggressive use of trade penalties in Donald Trump’s America, the Canadian and British governments urged a U.S. tribunal Monday not to impose duties on Bombard...
Dec 19, 2017
Officials separate couple after 73 years: 'I listened to my mother weep'
PERTH-ANDOVER, N.B. - An elderly New Brunswick couple bid a tearful goodbye this week, separated just days before Christmas after 73 years together. Herbert and Audrey Goodine gave each other a peck o...
Dec 19, 2017
Canada's approach to carbon pricing ambitious, challenging, says OECD
OTTAWA - Canada’s decentralized approach to putting a price on pollution is overly complex and will be difficult to implement, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says in ...
Dec 19, 2017
Proposed N.S. spaceport a potential threat to migratory birds, researcher says
CANSO, N.S. - A researcher says Canada’s first proposed spaceport in Canso, N.S., is a potential threat to migratory birds. John Kearney, an adjunct professor at Dalhousie University, says he...
Dec 19, 2017
Newfoundland premier tipped police to killer, newly released documents reveal
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Less than two months before the election that would make him premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Dwight Ball tipped police that the prime suspect wanted for murder in a botc...
Dec 19, 2017
