Category Archives: Canada
Fund established to help find Canadian man missing in Peru since late September
MONTREAL - The mother of a Canadian man who went missing in a remote area of Peru more than a month ago says search teams have fanned out in a co-ordinated effort to find him. Alisa Clamen has been wi...
Oct 31, 2017
New Brunswick introduces exotic animal legislation after boys' deaths
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick is introducing new legislation to regulate exotic animals, four years after two young boys were killed by an African rock python. Four-year-old Noah Barthe and his six-year...
Oct 31, 2017
Drunk man allegedly found unconscious under tree with rifle, balaclava
HALIFAX - A man is facing numerous charges after he was allegedly found unconscious wearing a ski mask with a rifle and ammunition on a Halifax-area street. Investigators say officers found the 28-yea...
Oct 31, 2017
Statistics Canada says real GDP contracted by 0.1 per cent in August
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy hit reverse in August, its first monthly pullback since October last year. “The amazing run of amazing Canadian economic data is officially over, with growth coming...
Oct 31, 2017
Photo project focuses on Indigenous youth and reconciliation
TORONTO - Colourful graffiti covers a massive wall next to a rumbling subway station. But it’s something far more mundane that’s caught the eye of budding photographer Jeremiah McLaughlin-...
Oct 31, 2017
'Saddle up': Pro-NAFTA voices in U.S. escalate fight to protect deal from Trump
WASHINGTON - The pro-NAFTA forces in Washington are escalating efforts to protect the agreement from President Donald Trump, including entertaining the idea of shielding it via some legislative mechan...
Oct 31, 2017
Federal Liberals urged to accept Senate change to sex discrimination bill
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing increased public pressure from Indigenous women and a feminist alliance to accept a Senate amendment of legislation on sex-based discrimination under t...
Oct 31, 2017
Morneau should donate shares to charity instead of selling them first: experts
OTTAWA - Of all the headaches Bill Morneau is nursing these days, this might be the least of them: what’s the best way to donate millions of dollars in stock-market gains to charity? Nice proble...
Oct 31, 2017
Four stories in the news for today, Oct. 31
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 31 --- FEDS URGED TO ACCEPT SENATE CHANGE TO SEX DISCRIMINATION BILL Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing increased public pressure from Indigenous women ...
Oct 31, 2017
Canadian film, TV leaders to meet about industry's 'prevalent' sexual harassment
TORONTO - Canadian film and TV leaders are acknowledging that sexual harassment has also been a “prevalent” part of the entertainment industry north of the border and have planned a meetin...
Oct 31, 2017
