Category Archives: Canada

Government policies making it difficult for MMIW inquiry to do its work on time
OTTAWA - The head of the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada says government bureaucracy is smothering the inquiry’s ability to do its work on time. M...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017

Trudeau to use United Nations speech to address Canada's Indigenous past:source
NEW YORK - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau intends to use his speech to the United Nations General Assembly to tell a painful story about Canada’s past, the struggles of its Indigenous peoples, an...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017
Calgary woman gets two speeding tickets in 10 seconds on Edmonton street
EDMONTON - A Calgary woman says she’s getting ready for a court battle after receiving two photo radar tickets issued just 10 seconds apart. But a city spokesman tells CTV Edmonton it’s no...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017
B.C. filmmaker uses false name to promote policy charging more to white males
VICTORIA - A man behind a “justice-pricing” policy based on charging higher admission to white males attending the screening of his movie says he used a false name to promote it because he...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017

Global Affairs urges Canadians get out of path of hurricane Maria if possible
OTTAWA - Global Affairs says the federal government is closely monitoring hurricane Maria as the storm churns through the Caribbean and is already lending assistance to Dominica. Global Affairs says i...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017
Yukon justice minister directs review of jail where mentally ill man segregated
WHITEHORSE - Yukon’s justice minister plans to direct an independent review of how the Whitehorse Correctional Centre handles mentally ill inmates following a high-profile criminal case alleging...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017

Year-end deadline for new NAFTA looking impossible, trade experts say
OTTAWA - NAFTA negotiators appear to have adopted the lament of the White Rabbit: “The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.” Battalions of negotiators for Canada, Mexico and the United States...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017
Quebec police find body they believe is 71-year-old man tied to Amber Alert case
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police said Wednesday they found a body investigators believe is that of a missing 71-year-old man connected to last week’s Amber Alert case. Sgt. Claude Denis said ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017

Toys "R" Us Canada granted creditor protection after U.S. parent's bankruptcy
TORONTO - Toys “R” Us Canada sought creditor protection largely due to the financial woes of its U.S. parent company, which filed for bankruptcy, but consumers may still be wary of its Can...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017
Manitoba offers land to Indigenous community forced to relocate in 1950s
WINNIPEG - A northern Manitoba Indigenous community that was forced to relocate 61 years ago will be getting some of its traditional land back. The provincial government has signed an agreement to tra...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017

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