Category Archives: Canada
Quebec government outlines $36.4 million plan to help struggling news industry
MONTREAL - The Quebec government released details Monday on how it plans to spend $36.4 million over five years to help the province’s struggling print media. Print news media will have until Ja...
Dec 04, 2017
The assault on Mueller: six ways Russia investigation is under attack
WASHINGTON - As its trail of arrests gets closer to U.S. President Donald Trump, the Russia investigation is facing a multi-front assault. The attacks have ramped up following news that Trump’s ...
Dec 04, 2017
Health Canada branch shipped to new Indigenous Services Department
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott has officially been given responsibility for overseeing the delivery of First Nations and Inuit health services. The federal government says the Fir...
Dec 04, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Dec. 4 --- CANADA, CHINA DELAY LAUNCH OF TRADE TALKS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau concluded talks with the Chinese premier in Beijing, but they were not abl...
Dec 04, 2017
MPs give Equifax Canada's chief privacy officer a rough ride over data breach
OTTAWA - MPs chastised an Equifax Canada executive Monday for not doing more to make amends to thousands of Canadians whose personal information was compromised by hackers. John Russo, chief privacy o...
Dec 04, 2017
Wrongful conviction award for British Columbia man capped at $8 million
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal says the provincial government will not have to pay the full $8 million in compensation awarded to a man who spent 27 years in prison before he was acquitted of se...
Dec 04, 2017
Court orders new trial for Quebec woman convicted of killing two daughters
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has set aside the guilty verdict of a woman convicted in 2013 of murdering her two daughters and has ordered a new trial. Adele Sorella was convicted of first-deg...
Dec 04, 2017
Toronto police reviewing officer conduct after missing woman found dead
Toronto police say they’re reviewing the conduct of officers who investigated the disappearance of a young woman later found dead in a busy downtown neighbourhood. Tess Richey, 22, was reported ...
Dec 04, 2017
Shock at pricey tampons at Calgary airport, but that's the norm in the north
CALGARY - A $15 box of tampons sold at the Calgary International Airport may have elicited shock online, but it’s common for feminine hygiene products to cost that much - or more - in many remot...
Dec 04, 2017
Liberal MP accuses Tory James Bezan of 'humiliating' comments, sexual in nature
OTTAWA - A Liberal member of Parliament from Quebec says a Conservative MP made comments towards her that were “humiliating” and “sexual in nature” during an event back in May....
Dec 04, 2017
