Category Archives: Canada
Joly announces new National Holocaust Monument to stay open year-round
OTTAWA - The newly opened National Holocaust Monument won’t be closed for the winter after all. Heritage Minister Melanie Joly says in a tweet that the soaring concrete structure just west of Pa...
Nov 17, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Nov. 17 --- CAN CANADA’S PEACEKEEPING COMMITMENT GIVE IT A SHOT AT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL?: Some international observers are wondering if Canada’...
Nov 17, 2017
Canada's return to peacekeeping: five things to know about the details
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has finally unveiled Canada’s long-awaited commitment to United Nations peacekeeping efforts, and it’s getting mixed reviews. Some observers wonder i...
Nov 17, 2017
Canadian funds like energy stocks despite potential rejection in Norway
CALGARY - Oil and gas investments may have soured for managers of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund but two Canadian funds say they have plenty of room for such securities in their portfolios. In a ...
Nov 17, 2017
Green leader senses NDP support for Site C, minister says no decisions made yet
VICTORIA - The future of the Site C hydroelectric dam is the subject of pointed questions from labour unions, environmental groups, Indigenous Peoples and high-ranking civil servants with the British ...
Nov 17, 2017
Feds earmark $327M over five years to fight gun, gang violence in Canada
SURREY, B.C. - The federal government will allocate up to $327.6 million over five years and $100 million a year after that to fight gun and gang violence, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Fr...
Nov 17, 2017
Canada's peacekeeping commitment affects possible UN Security Council bid
OTTAWA - Canada’s new commitment to United Nations peacekeeping has left some international observers questioning whether it will be enough to accomplish another big foreign policy goal: eventua...
Nov 17, 2017
Smoke, crackling sound coming from incinerator in 2012, Smich's ex tells Babcock trial
TORONTO - The ex-girlfriend of one of two men accused of murdering a young Toronto woman and burning her remains in a massive animal incinerator saw the large machine in operation the year the alleged...
Nov 17, 2017
Toronto man gets 5 years in prison for claiming nearly $1M in tax refunds
TORONTO - A Toronto man has been sentenced to five years in prison for claiming nearly $1 million in Goods and Services Tax and Harmonized Sales Tax refunds to which he wasn’t entitled. The Cana...
Nov 17, 2017
TransCanada says spill clean up underway in South Dakota as pipeline vote looms
CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. said Friday that work is well underway to clean up a sizable oil leak at its Keystone pipeline in South Dakota that occurred days before a vote on the fate of the company&#...
Nov 17, 2017
