Category Archives: Canada
Quebec face-covering law has a likely date with the Supreme Court: expert
MONTREAL - A lot is unknown about how Quebec will implement a new law banning people wearing face veils from receiving public services, but what’s virtually certain is that it will be challenged...
Oct 23, 2017
Montreal man fined for singing '90s dance tune in car says he'll contest ticket
MONTREAL - A Montreal man’s decision to let loose and belt out a 1990s dance hit while inside his car has landed him a $149 ticket for being too loud in public. But Taoufik Moalla said Monday he...
Oct 23, 2017
Trudeau names ex-Ontario premier Bob Rae as special envoy to Myanmar
OTTAWA - Former Ontario premier Bob Rae promised no miracles Monday, but rather a sustained effort towards finding a way Canada can be part of a solution to the humanitarian crisis generated by ongoin...
Oct 23, 2017
Bears killed after biting, scratching two people in Mission, B.C.
MISSION, B.C. - Two people have been injured by a bear that broke into a home in Mission, B.C. Murray Smith with the provincial Conservation Officer Service says a Mission resident heard a commotion i...
Oct 23, 2017
Nova Scotia vineyards flourish, for now, as temperatures grow warmer
HALIFAX - The skies have been brilliant blue in Nova Scotia wine country this October, the vines heavy with grapes, and winemakers like Sean Sears are seeing crops they could only vaguely hope for in ...
Oct 23, 2017
Even as long-form census data returns, Statcan readies for day without it
OTTAWA - As a political brawl played out on Parliament Hill seven years ago over the cancellation of the long-form census, Statistics Canada quietly kept the mandatory survey on life support, waiting ...
Oct 23, 2017
A look at some key figures Statistics Canada has released from the 2016 census
OTTAWA - Key figures Statistics Canada has released to date from the 2016 census: 35,151,728: Canadian population on census day 2016. 5: Percentage increase in the population between 2011 and 2016. 16...
Oct 23, 2017
Five stories in the news for today, Oct. 23
Five stories in the news for Monday, Oct. 23 --- STATS CANADA TO RELEASE CENSUS DATA THIS WEEK Statistics Canada will release data from the 2016 census on Wednesday, the first details from the resurre...
Oct 23, 2017
N.B. premier short-circuits election speculation,
lists priorities for session
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant has ended speculation about an early election, and is modifying his government’s language about whether his mandate has been completed. After a ...
Oct 23, 2017
U.S. not 'dictatorship,' time for Congress to commit on NAFTA: Liberal MP
OTTAWA - Donald Trump needs to butt out as a hovering presence over the North American Free Trade Agreement talks and U.S. lawmakers must come clean about what they really think of the deal, says a ve...
Oct 23, 2017
