Category Archives: Canada
New Brunswick opposition parties scramble amid election speculation
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s opposition parties spent the weekend scrambling to prepare for a possible early election call after Premier Brian Gallant’s office announced he would meet wit...
Kayla Derkach Oct 22, 2017
At mid-mandate and with extra cash, Liberals to chart fiscal course toward 2019
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government, right at the midpoint of its mandate, will map out its financial path this week and announce new measures as it enters the two-year stretch toward the next election. T...
Kayla Derkach Oct 22, 2017
Right whale researchers meet in Halifax to sound alarm about species decline
HALIFAX - Their names were Glacier, Starboard and Peanut. The colourfully named mammals were among 15 North Atlantic right whales who died off the coast of Canada and the U.S. in recent months. To the...
Kayla Derkach Oct 22, 2017
International students won't face immigration penalties over college strike: officials
Tens of thousands of international students affected by a faculty strike at Ontario colleges are being reassured by immigration officials that they won’t be penalized for a delay that is beyond ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 22, 2017
Successful lawyers more likely to experience mental health problems
TORONTO - New Canadian research suggests lawyers are more likely to experience mental health struggles the more successful they are in their field. The study from the University of Toronto, slated for...
Kayla Derkach Oct 22, 2017

Quebec women who've worn niqabs discuss province's controversial neutrality bill
MONTREAL - Warda Naili says the first time she donned a niqab six years ago, it became a part of her. The Quebec woman, a convert to Islam, said she decided to cover her face out of a desire to practi...
Kayla Derkach Oct 22, 2017
International students won't face immigration penalties over college strike: officials
Tens of thousands of international students affected by a faculty strike at Ontario colleges are being reassured by immigration officials that they won’t be penalized for a delay that is beyond ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 22, 2017

'I couldn't show fear:' Saskatchewan woman recounts conversation with a killer
REGINA - After John Strang shot and killed his wife in their Saskatchewan home, he drove his Jeep - packed with guns, ammunition, handcuffs and duct tape - to the home of a female friend for a chillin...
Kayla Derkach Oct 22, 2017
Judge praises sex-assault victim, jails her abusive former supervisor
HALIFAX - He was her supervisor and sexually abused her for months - repeatedly groping her and making sexual comments, all under the guise of joking around. Now a 51-year-old Halifax man is going to ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 22, 2017

Trick-or-treat shifts to skate-or-swim as cities strive for healthy Halloween
REGINA - The gleeful “trick or treat” that children shout when they call at houses on Halloween is getting a healthier response in some cities across Canada. Instead of candy, little ghost...
Kayla Derkach Oct 22, 2017

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