Category Archives: Canada
Business applauds Alberta consideration of private cannabis retailing option
CALGARY - Business leaders are welcoming Alberta’s decision to not decide yet whether recreational cannabis will be sold through private or government owned retail shops when it becomes legal ne...
Oct 04, 2017
Ontario to create safe zones around abortion clinics, homes of those who perform services
TORONTO - Ontario will create safe zones around abortion clinics to protect women who seek their services and the health-care workers who perform them, Attorney General Yasir Naqvi said Wednesday. Naq...
Oct 04, 2017
B.C. Wildfire Service offers preliminary tally of costs from disastrous summer
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia has spent more than $500 million battling dozens of wildfires during the 2017 forest fire season. Fire information officer Kevin Turcott says total suppression costs ...
Oct 04, 2017
Controversial U.S. education secretary cancels visit to Ontario
TORONTO - U.S. President Donald Trump’s education secretary, who is a vocal proponent of private schools and religious education, has cancelled a visit to Ontario, where she was to learn about i...
Oct 04, 2017
Man admits sneaking snakes over Canada-U.S. border in socks
An Ontario man who was caught trying to smuggle snakes into Canada in his socks has pleaded guilty in an American court. Chaoyi Le, 28, is facing up to five years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesd...
Oct 04, 2017
Paralympian and politician Michelle Stilwell can't find gold medal in her office
VICTORIA - Former paralympian and politician Michelle Stilwell says one of her gold medals has gone missing from an office at British Columbia’s legislature. The former cabinet minister says whe...
Oct 04, 2017
Justin Trudeau berated at Hill gathering over missing, murdered women inquiry
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood quietly with his head down Wednesday as families expressed extreme anger toward him about the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls....
Oct 04, 2017
Expert calls on Liberals, Tories, NDP to join forces during overdose crisis
VANCOUVER - Canada’s political leaders must take bold action by joining forces to decriminalize illicit drugs and save lives in the midst of an unprecedented overdose crisis, a leading drug-poli...
Oct 04, 2017
Newfoundland adopts 'progressive' new policy for disciplinary segregation
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government is overhauling its prisoner segregation policies in a move it says makes the province a national leader on disciplinary segregation. J...
Oct 04, 2017
Denis Coderre pledges to study 'wet shelter' for homeless alcoholics
MONTREAL - The incumbent mayor of Montreal has promised to look into setting up a wet shelter to help homeless alcoholics deal with their drinking problems. Denis Coderre pledged Wednesday to study th...
Oct 04, 2017
