Category Archives: Canada
National inquiry urged to hear voices of Indigenous women in prison
OTTAWA - A former sex worker who spent time in jail is urging the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls to interview other Aboriginal women who are languishing behind b...
Oct 27, 2017
Liberals take heat from advocates for selling child benefit as daycare cash
OTTAWA - Federal officials went looking for Canadian daycares to help promote a Liberal government plan to increase the Canada child benefit - but instead found opposition to the idea of touting the b...
Oct 27, 2017
Bitter feud in love triangle, Toronto murder trial hears
TORONTO - A young Toronto woman who vanished five years ago had an ongoing feud with her accused murderer’s girlfriend, court heard on Friday. Laura Babcock and Christina Noudga had both been sl...
Oct 27, 2017
Manitoba sets carbon tax at $25 a tonne as Trudeau warns feds will impose price
WINNIPEG - The federal and Manitoba governments moved closer to a clash over carbon pricing Friday, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government will impose a carbon tax in Manitoba if need be...
Oct 27, 2017
Kinder Morgan appeals to energy board over permit delays for pipeline expansion
VANCOUVER - Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. (TSX:KML) wants the National Energy Board to clear the way for work on the Burnaby, B.C., portion of its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. A statement re...
Oct 27, 2017
Federal deficit $2.7 billion for April-to-August period: Finance Department
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $2.7 billion in the first five months of its fiscal year compared with a deficit of $5.4 billion in the same period last year. In its monthly fiscal mo...
Oct 27, 2017
Trial for alleged Quebec City mosque shooter to begin in March 2018
QUEBEC - The trial for the man accused of gunning down six men inside a Quebec City mosque will take place next March. Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, faces six counts of first-degree murder and six of att...
Oct 27, 2017
Halifax music fest apologizes for 'overt racism' at Polaris winner's concert
The Halifax Pop Explosion music festival is apologizing for the actions of a volunteer who interrupted a performance by Polaris Prize-winning singer Lido Pimienta with “overt racism.” A st...
Oct 27, 2017
Quebec man accused of assaulting daughter for removing hijab
GATINEAU, Que. - A Quebec man has been charged with allegedly assaulting his teenage daughter for a year in what police are calling “honour-based” violence. Gatineau police said Friday the...
Oct 27, 2017
Winnipeg drivers slip, slide, slam as bridges ice up during winter preview
WINNIPEG - A total of nine people, including two infants, were taken to hospital in stable condition after an early blast of winter turned several Winnipeg bridges into skating rinks, resulting in doz...
Oct 27, 2017
