Category Archives: Canada
Numbers of newcomers in 2018 not only question for immigration plan
OTTAWA - A possible clue to how the federal Liberal government will arrive at its annual immigration targets for 2018, to be unveiled Wednesday, can be found in a similar provincial plan unveiled just...
Oct 30, 2017
Abandoning a boat in Canadian waters will no longer be legal: Garneau
OTTAWA - Canada is no longer going to give a free pass to boat owners who dump their dirty old vessels in Canadian harbours and waterways. Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s new Wrecked, Abandone...
Oct 30, 2017
Toronto police officer with cocaine in his wallet pleads guilty to misconduct
TORONTO - A disciplinary tribunal will weigh whether a Toronto police officer who had cocaine in his wallet should be demoted for a year and submitted to random drug tests. Det.-Const. Kirk Blake plea...
Oct 30, 2017
Conflict-of-interest screens working well, Trudeau cabinet ministers say
OTTAWA - Several members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet are singing the praises of conflict-of-interest screens they have been using to avoid controversy - and that members of the pr...
Oct 30, 2017
Oilpatch wants 'flexibility' on coming methane cuts; says jobs at risk otherwise
EDMONTON - Thousands of jobs in the oil patch are at risk if governments try to impose the wrong approach to cutting back a highly potent greenhouse gas, says an industry lobby group. “Let’...
Oct 30, 2017
Nova Scotia RCMP first in Canada to offer eagle feathers for swearing oaths
HALIFAX - In what is being described as a first for the RCMP, the Mounties in Nova Scotia are now offering victims, witnesses and police officers the option to swear legal oaths on an eagle feather, i...
Oct 30, 2017
Emaciated sea lion receives life-saving care at Vancouver's marine mammal centre
VANCOUVER - A sickly California sea lion is recuperating at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre after it was rescued from a Vancouver Island beach. The manager of the rescue centre says...
Oct 30, 2017
Saskatchewan MP wants June 21 to be a national holiday; bill has had 1st reading
LA LOCHE, Sask. - A Saskatchewan MP’s private member’s bill on making National Indigenous Peoples Day a holiday is moving forward. Georgina Jolibois represents the riding of Desneth-Missin...
Oct 30, 2017
B.C. government's poverty reduction plan could include a basic income
VICTORIA - British Columbia is planning to introduce a pilot program that would give some residents a basic income in what will be part of a series of legislative strategies to fight poverty, the mini...
Oct 30, 2017
Senior military officer charged with sexual assault, eight other counts
OTTAWA - A senior military officer has been charged with sexually assaulting two other service members while he was commander of a Quebec-based artillery unit three years ago. The Canadian Forces Nati...
Oct 30, 2017
