Category Archives: Canada

Canada's NAFTA demands: Good luck with that, say skeptical U.S. trade vets
WASHINGTON - Some of Canada’s key demands in the upcoming NAFTA renegotiation will be a tough sell in the United States, according to former American trade officials who say they will be difficu...
Kayla Derkach Aug 15, 2017
Wayward Bullock's oriole to fly home to B.C. on Air Canada flight
OTTAWA - A Bullock’s oriole that landed in eastern Ontario in 2015 will finally be flying home to British Columbia - by plane. The little western bird drew national attention when she arrived in...
Kayla Derkach Aug 15, 2017

Trade experts agree Canada has plenty of leverage in NAFTA negotiations
OTTAWA - With NAFTA negotiations set to begin Wednesday, it’s tempting to think of Canada as the proverbial 90-pound weakling about to get a faceful of sand kicked up by the body-building, muscl...
Kayla Derkach Aug 15, 2017

Alberta politician says he made mistakes billing the government for meals
EDMONTON - An Alberta politician who has made a career championing taxpayers says he made mistakes when he wrongly billed the government for meals over a period of years. United Conservative Party mem...
Kayla Derkach Aug 14, 2017
Indigenous families in Portage la Prairie say they face eviction from homes
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. - A group of Indigenous families living in social housing say the Manitoba government is threatening to evict them at the end of the month. About 100 members of the Waterhen F...
Kayla Derkach Aug 14, 2017
Brian Lilley, co-founder of The Rebel, leaves the conservative media website
OTTAWA - A co-founder of The Rebel says he’s leaving the conservative media website. Ottawa radio talk show host Brian Lilley announced Monday in a Facebook post that he’s parting ways wit...
Kayla Derkach Aug 14, 2017
B.C. bans trophy hunting for Grizzly bears, total ban in Great Bear Rainforest
VICTORIA - Killing grizzly bears for trophy will come to an end in British Columbia, but not before hunters get one more shot this season. Natural Resource Operations Minister Doug Donaldson said the ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 14, 2017
Feds ask CRTC to review Canadian content decision after outcry over lower investment
GATINEAU, Que. - The federal government is asking Canada’s broadcast regulator to review the licence renewals for several TV providers following outcry over their potential impact on Canadian co...
Kayla Derkach Aug 14, 2017
Tourists involved in fatal B.C. bus crash related, from Massachusetts: police
Vancouver police say the three tourists involved in a fatal bus collision near the city’s waterfront on Sunday were all related and visiting from Massachusetts. Police say a 49-year-old man died...
Kayla Derkach Aug 14, 2017
CFL denounces weekend violence in Virginia with launch of T-shirts
TORONTO - Commissioner Randy Ambrosie said this weekend’s violent protests in Charlottesville, Va., prompted the CFL to unveil a new line of T-shirts Sunday in Regina rather than later this fall...
Kayla Derkach Aug 14, 2017

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