Category Archives: Canada
Salmon farms spewing untreated bloodwater puts wild fish at risk: advocates
OTTAWA - Environment Canada is investigating allegations that fish plants in British Columbia are spewing virus-laden bloody water from processed, farmed salmon into the water off the coast of Vancouv...
Nov 29, 2017
Singh changes position on court language requirement after caucus blowback
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was forced Wednesday to claw back a suggestion bilingualism requirements for Supreme Court justices be waived to encourage Indigenous candidates. Singh had made the s...
Nov 29, 2017
Tories call for Morneau to resign, but Trudeau defends his finance minister
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer demanded Bill Morneau hand in his resignation Wednesday as political rivals intensified their attacks on a finance minister mired in controversy for weeks. B...
Nov 29, 2017
Security screening at Toronto police HQ violates rights, complainant says
TORONTO - Searching people who enter Toronto police headquarters to participate in disciplinary tribunals violates their constitutional rights, a complainant and his lawyer argue in calling for such h...
Nov 29, 2017
RBC says mortgage demand up ahead of new rules, reports record annual net income
TORONTO - Royal Bank of Canada saw an uptick in demand for mortgages this fall as borrowers look to secure loans before tougher rules - including a stress test - take effect in the new year, one of th...
Nov 29, 2017
Producer for Vancouver-shot TV shows fired amid sexual harassment allegations
An executive producer for several Vancouver-shot superhero shows has been fired following a “thorough investigation” into allegations of sexual harassment against him. Warner Bros. Televis...
Nov 29, 2017
Montreal-area Mohawk community members challenge 'marry out, move out' rules
MONTREAL - Christopher Fragnito grew up in Chateauguay, Que. - just outside the Kahnawake Mohawk territory his mother used to call home. Immediately following her marriage to an Italian man about 40 y...
Nov 29, 2017
A primer: new Supreme Court justice joins elite eight on top bench
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made his second appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, naming Sheilah Martin to fill the vacancy that will open when Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin re...
Nov 29, 2017
State-sanctioned LGBTQ discrimination continues, advocates say
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized for past state-sanctioned discrimination against LGBTQ people in Canada, but advocates argue his Liberal government could be doing more to stop it fro...
Nov 29, 2017
Alberta's credit rating cut after confirming $10.3B deficit, $42B debt
EDMONTON - Alberta has been hit with another credit downgrade one day after it confirmed it remains on track for a $10.3-billion budget deficit this year. The credit rating agency DBRS say it has down...
Nov 29, 2017
