Category Archives: Canada
Ontario post-secondary school launches Mohawk language learning app
A southwestern Ontario post-secondary school has launched an app to help people learn the endangered language of Mohawk. Six Nations Polytechnic says the app, available for Apple and Android devices, ...
Nov 20, 2017
Jury selection begins in trial of man charged in death of police officer
HALIFAX - Hundreds of people packed a Halifax courthouse Monday as jury selection in the trial of a Nova Scotia man accused of killing an off-duty police officer got underway. Christopher Calvin Garni...
Nov 20, 2017
Report sets exercise guidelines for young kids, including 'tummy time' for babies
TORONTO - New guidelines set the minimum amount of activity that toddlers, preschoolers and even babies should get each day. The new report was developed by experts including the Canadian Society for ...
Nov 20, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Nov. 20
Six stories in the news for Monday, Nov. 20 --- CANADIANS TOLD TO BRACE FOR ‘CLASSIC’ WINTER One of Canada's high profile weather forecasters is warning Canadians to brace for a whole lot ...
Nov 20, 2017
NDP's Malcolmson seeks secret ballot vote of MPs to save bill on abandoned boats
OTTAWA - In a show of backbencher strength, NDP MP Sheila Malcolmson could become the first MP in history to force her colleagues in the House of Commons into a secret ballot to save a piece of legisl...
Nov 20, 2017
McKenna says amendment signed to Montreal Protocol
MONTREAL - An amendment to the Montreal Protocol has been signed that will lower the levels of a type of greenhouse gas that warms the planet even more quickly than carbon dioxide, Environment Ministe...
Nov 20, 2017
Tuition refunds offered to students as Ontario college strike ends
TORONTO - Half a million Ontario college students have the option of walking away from a now-condensed fall semester with a full tuition refund in the aftermath of a five-week-long faculty strike. Stu...
Nov 20, 2017
Nebraska approves alternative route for TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline
CALGARY - Nebraska regulators approved passage of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline Monday, clearing the last major regulatory hurdle for the controversial $10-billion project but creating a ne...
Nov 20, 2017
Tie new affordable housing money to outcomes, former watchdog tells Liberals
OTTAWA - Parliament’s first budget watchdog is warning the federal government to be careful how it spends billions in new housing money over the next decade to ensure it actually makes a lasting...
Nov 20, 2017
Tap young talent on looming security issues, Google executive urges
HALIFAX - One of the world’s top technology executives is urging democratic countries to turn to youth in a bid to find innovative solutions to looming security problems. Eric Schmidt, executive...
Nov 20, 2017
