Category Archives: Canada
Best dressed: Hudson's Bay Co. unveils kit for Pyeongchang Olympics
TORONTO - It’s the moment Canada’s finest winter athletes become one mighty team. The Canadian team will march into the opening ceremonies Feb. 9 at the Pyeongchang Olympics dressed in the...
Oct 03, 2017
About half of summer's border crosser asylum cases heard so far rejected: IRB
OTTAWA - About half of the asylum claims heard so far from those who’ve crossed the Canada-U.S.. border since July have been rejected, the Immigration and Refugee Board said Tuesday. But the act...
Oct 03, 2017
PM proposes federal excise tax on legal pot, sharing revenue with provinces
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is proposing to levy a federal excise tax on recreational marijuana once it becomes legal next July, with the provinces and territories receiving half the revenu...
Oct 03, 2017
Lindhout kidnapping trial to begin Thursday after delay over info disclosure
OTTAWA - The trial of a man accused of taking journalist Amanda Lindhout hostage in Somalia is slated to get underway on Thursday, a few days behind schedule. In a ruling Tuesday, Ontario Superior Cou...
Oct 03, 2017
Overhaul Ontario corrections system to emphasize human rights: adviser
TORONTO - Most people in Ontario’s jails are held in maximum security, subject to regular and possibly unconstitutional strip searches, and without access to rehabilitation programming, accordin...
Oct 03, 2017
Environment commissioner gives Ottawa a failing grade on climate change prep
OTTAWA - The federal government is nowhere near ready for the massive storms and more frequent floods and fires that are expected to result from climate change, warns Canada’s environment commis...
Oct 03, 2017
Trudeau flies to U.S., Mexico, amid turbulence in continental trade talks
WASHINGTON - Justin Trudeau will visit the North American capitals next week amid early signs of turbulence in continental trade negotiations that have stoked some concern from NAFTA supporters about ...
Oct 03, 2017
Failing firm spent big on luxuries as it sought government funding: N.B. auditor
FREDERICTON - Taxpayers were left on the hook for close to $70 million while top executives of the failing Atcon group of companies were spending money on luxury items including vacation property in A...
Oct 03, 2017
Publisher recalling workbook after Indigenous history section comes under fire
An Ontario publishing company is recalling a children’s educational workbook that critics say misinforms kids about injustices faced by First Nations when European settlers arrived in Canada. Th...
Oct 03, 2017
N.S. doctors threaten province with legal action over contract disputes
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia doctors are threatening to take the province to court, saying alleged contract breaches by the Liberal government have eroded the goodwill needed to fix a fragile health-care sys...
Oct 03, 2017
