Category Archives: Canada
Harassment claim against Liberal MP subject to new process: Trudeau
MONCTON, N.B. - Justin Trudeau says he’s relieved that the House of Commons now has a formal process in place to deal with allegations of harassment such as those being levelled against one of h...
Aug 30, 2017
Former NDP leader Alexa McDonough wades into leadership race to back Guy Caron
OTTAWA - Former NDP leader Alexa McDonough is weighing in on the party’s ongoing battle to succeed outgoing leader Tom Mulcair. McDonough, who led the federal party from 1995 to 2003, says she i...
Aug 30, 2017
Atlantic salmon caught in B.C. waters, far north of damaged U.S. fish farm
SECHELT, B.C. - A First Nation on British Columbia’s south coast says its members have caught three Atlantic salmon after thousands of the fish escaped from a farm in Washington state. The Shish...
Aug 30, 2017
Saskatchewan man who attacked woman, set her on fire not dangerous offender
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A homeless woman who was viciously beaten before being set on fire says she worries her attacker will hurt someone else after a judge ruled Wednesday Leslie Black won’t be...
Aug 30, 2017
Quebec City hospital employees in the doghouse after helping canine in hot car
MONTREAL - Four suspended Quebec City hospital employees will fight the disciplinary action imposed against them for removing a dog from a hot car and bringing it into the building. Two separate union...
Aug 30, 2017
Loto-Quebec to use virtual reality to counsel winners on coping with windfall
Lottery winners in Quebec are getting a new way to practice saying ‘No’ when asked for money. Loto-Quebec began offering virtual reality technology Wednesday to winners who might have trou...
Aug 30, 2017
Quebec activist Jaggi Singh arraigned on obstruction and impersonation charges
QUEBEC - A well-known left-wing activist has pleaded not guilty to a charge of obstructing justice and one of impersonation that was filed after he identified himself as former NHL star Michel Goulet....
Aug 30, 2017
Canadian high schools welcoming more international students, boards say
Public high schools across the country are welcoming a growing number of international students in an effort to build valuable relationships and - in some cases - boost revenue. Though international s...
Aug 30, 2017
New measures coming to protect right whales in Gulf of St. Lawrence: LeBlanc
SHEDIAC, N.B. - As Canadian officials scramble to determine whether an endangered whale caught in fishing rope off Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula may have freed itself, federal Fisheries and Oceans Mi...
Aug 30, 2017
Trudeau appoints acclaimed New Brunswick writer to fill Senate vacancy
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau has named David Adams Richards, an acclaimed New Brunswick novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet, to the Senate. “His dedication to the arts, his love of place and of...
Aug 30, 2017
