Category Archives: Canada
'Canada stays': Insiders say no change in strategy if Trump starts NAFTA pullout
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s escalating threat to trigger NAFTA’s cancellation clause as a high-pressure bargaining tactic has raised the question of what Canada’s response ...
Oct 27, 2017
Cynicism, children and fossil fuels: how politics touched Canadians this week
OTTAWA - Political cynics had plenty of fodder this week, with the curious timing of multibillion-dollar spending announcements and morphing Liberal views on veils. Parliament Hill was completely caug...
Oct 27, 2017
Pilot forced to land cocaine-laden plane gets 8 years
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Canadian pilot who landed a plane carrying 290 pounds (132 kilograms) of cocaine in Ohio because of engine problems has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Sylvain Desjardins p...
Oct 27, 2017
Facebook to use Canada as testing ground for new ad transparency features
Facebook will use Canada as a testing ground as it rolls out new ad transparency features and increases scrutiny of political advertising. The social media giant said that starting next month Canadian...
Oct 27, 2017
High-risk police operation ends with one man arrested in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Gunfire was exchanged between officers and a suspect during a confrontation at a Kamloops, B.C., trailer park, the RCMP said on Saturday. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said there was a significan...
Oct 27, 2017
Canada suspends military aid to Iraqis, Kurds amid outbreak of hostilities
OTTAWA - Canadian soldiers in Iraq have been ordered to temporarily suspend all operations with Iraqi and Kurdish forces following a series of battles between the two groups. The surprise move comes a...
Oct 27, 2017
Morneau Shepell defends its dealings with Ottawa amid minister's controversy
OTTAWA - The human resources and pension management firm at the centre of the conflict-of-interest controversy raging around Finance Minister Bill Morneau broke its silence with a flourish Friday, den...
Oct 27, 2017
B.C. local governments, police want money to enforce new pot laws
VANCOUVER - Police departments and local governments are asking British Columbia for a cut of marijuana revenues as the province crafts regulations for legalized pot. The provincial government asked f...
Oct 27, 2017
British soldier's stolen medals turned in to Saskatchewan RCMP; no suspects yet
KINDERSLEY, Sask. - Nine military medals stolen from the home of a British Armed Forces veteran in Saskatchewan have been turned in to police. Kindersley RCMP say someone brought the medals in to the ...
Oct 27, 2017
Plans for a park reserve in southern B.C. revived by First Nations, B.C., Ottawa
OSOYOOS, B.C. - The federal and British Columbia governments as well as members of the Okanagan Nation have agreed to resume work to establish a new national park reserve in the south Okanagan. Plans ...
Oct 27, 2017
