Category Archives: Canada
Justice ministers ask feds to hurry on court delays, slow down on legalizing pot
VANCOUVER - Provincial and territorial ministers of justice and public safety are urging the federal government to hurry up on solving court delays and slow down on legalizing pot. British Columbia...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017
Federal Court judge orders government to release pages of docs on Senate scandal
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge has ordered the central bureaucracy that serves the prime minister and cabinet to partially release pages of information on four senators at the heart of the 2013 Senate...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017

Facebook launches artificial intelligence research lab in Montreal
MONTREAL - Facebook has become the latest technology company to dig into Montreal’s burgeoning artificial intelligence sector, announcing the opening of a research lab in the city Friday. The la...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017

Calgary says it will pay a third of $555-million arena for Flames
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames and their city are taking their negotiations public on a new NHL arena projected to cost $555 million. The city proposed paying a one-third share of $185 million, with Cal...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017

Toronto-Montreal in 39 minutes? Hyperloop judges say this route is a winner
The Toronto-Montreal corridor has taken the prize as one of the strongest candidates in the world for a hyperloop system that could cut travel time between the cities from five hours to just 39 minute...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017
Disclosure dispute sorted: Ontario gas plants trial now slated for Sept. 22
TORONTO - The long-awaited gas plants trial of two top aides to Ontario’s former premier will start hearing evidence next Friday. Defence and prosecution told court they had hammered out their d...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017

Missing Quebec boy found alive in Ontario
MONTREAL - A six-year-old boy who had gone missing along with his father after the child’s mother was found dead in Quebec has been found safe in Ontario, police said Friday. The man and his son...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017
The Franklin story has always been at the centre of a historical tug of war
GJOA HAVEN , Nunavut - Full fathom five John Franklin’s ship lies and of its bones are stories made. With apologies to William Shakespeare, few shipwreck tales have seen as much sea-change as th...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017
Freeland to walk a fine line on Suu Kyi in address to pro-Rohingya rally
OTTAWA - Canada has been reluctant to overtly blame Aung San Suu Kyi for the violence against her country’s Muslim minority because it believes Myanmar’s military is using it to undermine ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017
Team probes death of man who fell from overpass after police arrived on scene
SYDNEY, N.S. - Nova Scotia’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a 27-year-old man who fell from a highway overpass after officers arrived on scene to deal with a possible dispute. A S...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017

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