Category Archives: Canada
Creating new Indigenous Services department more effective in long term: CMHC
OTTAWA - The need to establish a new Indigenous Services ministry could complicate First Nations housing in the short term, but the system will be more streamlined and effective in the long haul, says...
Sep 27, 2017
U.S. court tosses appeal from B.C. woman falsely labelled a terrorist
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia woman has hit a dead end in her quest for compensation from the Canadian government, whom she accuses of falsely branding her a terrorist and an arms dealer to American ...
Sep 27, 2017
U.S. swears in new ambassador to Canada, amid rising trade tensions
WASHINGTON - The United States has just sworn in its next ambassador to Canada at a moment of trade tensions between the countries, with mushrooming disputes running parallel with the renegotiation of...
Sep 26, 2017
Saskatchewan's top Mountie defends decision not to chase truck involved in crash
SASKATOON - The head of Saskatchewan’s RCMP is defending the decision to not chase a stolen truck involved in a fatal collision last week. Assistant commissioner Curtis Zablocki told a provincew...
Sep 26, 2017
Visiting governors of Virginia and Maryland say Trump bluster hurts NAFTA talks
TORONTO - Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe says protectionist rhetoric coming out of the White House is only hurting ongoing renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. McAuliffe, a Democra...
Sep 26, 2017
Pilot narrowly avoids crash with glider on Vancouver-to-Chicago flight
VANCOUVER - A passenger aboard a flight from Vancouver to Chicago says there were some tense moments as the pilot swerved to avoid crashing into a smaller aircraft. Callum Snape was flying on a United...
Sep 26, 2017
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Sept. 26 --- INQUIRY INTO MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN HOLDS HEARINGS: A second set of hearings began Tuesday into murdered and missing Indigenous w...
Sep 26, 2017
Liberals reject anti-abortion Tory MP as head of status of women committee
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is cheering Liberal MPs who walked out of a hearing Tuesday to prevent a Conservative counterpart with anti-abortion views from being named to head up the House ...
Sep 26, 2017
Nova Scotia in tax fight with Ottawa over lottery terminals on reserves
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia and the federal government are battling in court over $50-million in potential tax revenues from video lottery terminals operated on First Nations. In an appeal filed last Novemb...
Sep 26, 2017
Missing, murdered women inquiry hears stories of loss at first B.C. hearing
SMITHERS, B.C. - Mary Jane Hill wasn’t there to witness the birth of her grandchildren or to see them graduate from high school. She won’t be there when her daughter needs her most, when s...
Sep 26, 2017
