Category Archives: Canada
Canadian Hurricane Centre eyes storm off southeastern United States
HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre says a large storm system off the coast of Florida will likely push through waters off Atlantic Canada sometime Wednesday or Thursday. Forecasters say potential...
Aug 28, 2017
Saskatchewan politician tried to influence investors in China: commissioner
REGINA - Premier Brad Wall has kicked out a founding member of his governing Saskatchewan Party after a review found the member of the legislature tried to influence potential investors while he was o...
Aug 28, 2017
Solitary confinement violates charter right to life, liberty, security: lawyer
VANCOUVER - Solitary confinement is a cruel and inhumane punishment with “truly horrific” consequences including severe psychological harm and suicide, a lawyer said Monday in arguing the ...
Aug 28, 2017
Bennett, Philpott tag team Indigenous file as feds look to dissolve department
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he is preparing for a significant shift in his government’s handling of the Indigenous Affairs file - a plan designed to lead to the dissolut...
Aug 28, 2017
Never-before seen images beamed live from the bottom of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
CHETICAMP, N.S. - A scientific expedition in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is revealing never-before seen images of odd and valuable marine life. Federal researchers have joined with the non-profit group O...
Aug 28, 2017
Federal cabinet: Liberals split Indigenous Affairs, add O'Regan, Petitpas Taylor
OTTAWA - A look at the changes announced Monday to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal Liberal cabinet table: - The existing department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs is being replaced b...
Aug 28, 2017
Two Toronto-area men charged with human trafficking in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - Two Toronto-area men have been charged in an 18-month, seven-province investigation into a human trafficking ring that allegedly forced ”numerous” Nova Scotia women into the sex ...
Aug 28, 2017
Gasoline future prices jump in Harvey's wake due to refinery disruptions
CALGARY - Canadian gasoline prices are expected to rise this week after widespread flooding from tropical storm Harvey forced many refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast to shut down. Wholesale gasoline p...
Aug 28, 2017
Hillary Clinton book tour stopping in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
Hillary Clinton is stopping in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver to promote her upcoming book “What Happened.” Her publisher Simon and Schuster says the book is Clinton’s “most p...
Aug 28, 2017
B.C. premier, forests minister, tours several wildfires, including Kelowna
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia’s premier spent Monday touring some communities affected by this year’s unprecedented wildfire season, promising financial assistance but cautioning it wi...
Aug 28, 2017
