Category Archives: Canada
Equifax hack likely affected only Canadians with dealings in U.S.
TORONTO - Equifax Canada’s customer service agents are telling callers that only Canadians who have had dealings in the United States are likely to be affected by the massive hack announced last...
Sep 13, 2017
Northern premiers want end of federal Northern Affairs
EDMONTON - The premiers of the three northern territories say they want the end of the federal department of northern affairs. Premier Bob McLeod of the Northwest Territories says he and his colleague...
Sep 13, 2017
Manitobans must pay health premiums or face cuts to services: premier
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says people have a choice: Start paying health-care premiums like residents in some other jurisdictions or prepare to see services cut. “We’re a...
Sep 13, 2017
Referendum on ditching time change would cost Alberta millions: committee
EDMONTON - As Albertans ardently debate whether to keep changing their clocks, the government estimates that a referendum on a bill about ending the twice-yearly time change would cost millions. NDP l...
Sep 13, 2017
Judge's order that Ontario pay more to two court-appointed lawyers overturned
TORONTO - An Ontario justice overstepped his authority when he ordered the attorney general to pay two lawyers the rates they wanted for helping out in a case involving a brutal child-custody dispute,...
Sep 13, 2017
Trudeau presses Myanmar's Suu Kyi on violence against Muslim minority
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to express “deep concerns” over treatment of Muslims and other ethnic minorities in h...
Sep 13, 2017
Trudeau peppered on issues likely to plague him when Parliament resumes
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - It was supposed to be a look-ahead session as Justin Trudeau and his inner circle enter the second half of the Liberal government’s mandate this fall. Instead, the prime...
Sep 13, 2017
Canadian doc helps Bernie Sanders make biggest US push for universal healthcare
WASHINGTON - There’s a stampede to share a stage with Bernie Sanders. Once again, the socialist senator has introduced a bill to bring Canadian-style, single-payer health care to the United Stat...
Sep 13, 2017
Report questions the need to build new pipelines from the oilsands
TORONTO - A new report by the Centre for International Governance Innovation is questioning the need for new pipelines to carry oilsands production to tidewater for export. Jeff Rubin, a senior fellow...
Sep 13, 2017
'Not a lot left:' Ranch near Waterton ravaged by southern Alberta wildfire
WATERTON, Alta. - Members of a southern Alberta ranching family say they will rebuild after a wildfire swept through their property just outside Waterton Lakes National Park. “We’ll get ev...
Sep 13, 2017
