Category Archives: Canada

Highlights from the federal government's fall economic update, tabled Tuesday
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals gave an update Tuesday on the government’s finances, and with it, how they plan to spend a windfall generated by better than expected economic growth. Here are some...
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2017

Trudeau credits Liberal economic agenda for upset win in Quebec byelection
OTTAWA - A triumphant Justin Trudeau contends the Liberals’ stunning byelection victory in Quebec’s nationalist heartland is a vote of confidence in his government’s economic agenda....
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2017
Bill held after abuse victims' lawyer questions reorganization of church diocese
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia legislature committee has shelved a private members bill that would reorganize the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth amid concerns from a lawyer representing sexua...
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2017

B.C. auditor takes aim at inadequate management of grizzly populations
VICTORIA - Hunters in British Columbia kill up to 300 grizzly bears every year, but it is habitat loss that is actually the greatest threat to the imposing predators, says auditor general Carol Bellri...
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2017
Vandals burn farmer's beloved bear sculpture: 'Everybody is so upset'
DEBERT, N.S. - Vandals have destroyed a beloved, five-metre-tall sculpture of a bear, a Nova Scotia farmer’s annual tradition promoting his family’s poultry and pumpkin farms. Blake Jennin...
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2017
'Unfortunate' provinces, territories not part of child welfare ruling: Philpott
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says provinces and territories have not been at the table to the extent they need to be -up until now - to address issues with First Nations child w...
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2017

Liberals use a third of their economic windfall for new tax measures, spending
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is dedicating about a third of the expected windfall from Canada’s surprisingly strong economy towards new investments, benefits for families with kids and additi...
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2017
Regulator urged to push companies to set targets for women on boards
TORONTO - Canada’s biggest securities regulator says it may be time to strengthen its measures to get more women on boards - with some corporate leaders calling for companies to be forced to set...
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2017

Switching tags: Investigation busts illegal polar bear exports
Canada’s wildlife police hope the kind of bust that halted a recent illegal shipment of polar bear rugs to China will soon be a vanishing breed. “We will create more control, more manageme...
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2017
NDP bill would end councillors' need to ask permission for pregnancy leave
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia municipal councillors who are pregnant would no longer be required to ask permission from their councils for maternity leave under legislation proposed by the opposition NDP. The...
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2017

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