Category Archives: Canada
Response to border crossers shows refugee system is working: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought Wednesday to combat criticism that thousands of people arriving at the Canada-U.S. border to seek asylum are throwing the immigration system into chaos. O...
Aug 23, 2017
Abortion barrier likely 'historical practice,' not law: N.S. health minister
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s health minister says the province is addressing concerns about abortion access, adding it appears the need for women to get a referral from a family doctor is simply hist...
Aug 23, 2017
Judge who wore Trump hat in court said he had no malicious intent
TORONTO - An Ontario judge who wore a hat in court bearing a slogan used by U.S. President Donald Trump told a disciplinary hearing Wednesday he was shocked to discover that what he meant as a joke wa...
Aug 23, 2017
Canada, Mexico shrug off Trump threat to blow up NAFTA
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is playing down the latest threat from President Donald Trump that the North American Free Trade Agreement is a bad deal from which the U.S. will likely exit. Tr...
Aug 22, 2017
More than 63,000 customers blacked out by storms in Quebec
MONTREAL - More than 63,000 Hydro-Quebec customers were without electricity early Wednesday after severe thunderstorms ripped through southern Quebec, Montreal and the Laurentian region north of the c...
Aug 22, 2017
The Rebel up for a bit of reboot, says outlet founder Ezra Levant
OTTAWA - The founder of the online news site The Rebel admits its content and management need more oversight in the wake of a string of controversies. One reporter was fired, another founder quit and ...
Aug 22, 2017
B.C. seeks intervener status in court cases against Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has applied for intervener status in court challenges against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The NDP government announced earlier this month that it...
Aug 22, 2017
Doctors must help remedy opioid crisis in Canada, CMA meeting told
QUEBEC - Canada’s opioid epidemic isn’t a single crisis but a complex set of overlapping crises that will take multiple strategies to solve, a panel of experts told the annual meeting of t...
Aug 22, 2017
'Hysterically screaming': dad of baby that died in house fire in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Police say a house fire that killed a five-month old baby and left his 29-year-old mother clinging to life in an Edmonton hospital was deliberately set. Firefighters responded to the blaze ...
Aug 22, 2017
NDP leadership contender rejects endorsement from alleged Holocaust denier
OTTAWA - Federal NDP leadership contender Niki Ashton is rejecting an endorsement from a supporter who’s been accused of holding anti-Semitic views, including denying the atrocities of the Holoc...
Aug 22, 2017
