Category Archives: Canada

Liberal definition of middle class Canadians 'not useful,' says economist
OTTAWA - The Liberals speak constantly of strengthening the Canadian middle class, but any precise definition of that amorphous category of people getting all the attention has always been ambiguous a...
Kayla Derkach Sep 22, 2017
Four stories in the news for today, Sept. 22
Four stories in the news for Friday, Sept. 22 --- PRINCE HARRY TO SET STAGE FOR INVICTUS GAMES The royal founder of the Invictus Games will be in Toronto today to set the stage for the multi-sport com...
Kayla Derkach Sep 22, 2017

Athletes inspired after meeting Prince Harry on eve of Invictus Games
TORONTO - Wounded soldiers from several countries shook hands, conversed and shared a laugh with Prince Harry on Friday as the royal readied to launch the Invictus Games in Toronto this weekend. The G...
Kayla Derkach Sep 22, 2017

Mastermind Toys ramps up expansion even as Toys "R" Us flounders
TORONTO - Jon Levy’s favourite playthings as a Toronto child growing up in the 1960s and 1970s included Lego blocks and fort-building kits - classics that still fly off the shelves of his Master...
Kayla Derkach Sep 22, 2017

'It's absolutely scandalous:' Alberta man fined $13,000 for killing grizzly bear
EDSON, Alta. - An Alberta man charged with killing a collared grizzly bear that was being tracked for research will pay nearly $13,000 in fines, but some say it doesn’t go far enough to protect ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 22, 2017

Deletion of gas-plant emails illegal act to keep sensitive info secret: Crown
TORONTO - The deletion of thousands of documents related to the politically explosive decision to cancel two gas plants near Toronto was a deliberate act that breached the public trust, the trial of t...
Kayla Derkach Sep 22, 2017

Trump commerce secretary says new study proves need for NAFTA changes
With the next round of NAFTA negotiations set to begin in Ottawa, U.S. President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary says a new study proves the need for tougher rules on auto-parts imports in the...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2017

Indigenous leaders want greater role for Manitoba in MMIW inquiry
WINNIPEG - First Nations leaders in Manitoba want a greater say in the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Sheila North Wilson, grand chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi O...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2017

Trudeau: No comment on North Korea threats, let's pursue a diplomatic solution
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. - Justin Trudeau avoided being drawn into the tit-for-tat threats between the leaders of the U.S. and North Korea, pointing instead to signs that diplomacy might prevail in a nucl...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2017
Quebec suspect charged with murder in Amber Alert case out of coma: lawyer
MONTREAL - A man who fled authorities last week with his six-year-old boy and who was later charged in the slaying of the child’s mother is close to being released from hospital, his lawyer said...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2017

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