Category Archives: Canada
Immigration officials working on case of Winnipeg Yazidi woman and injured son
WINNIPEG - Officials in Ottawa say they are working to help reunite a Yazidi woman living in Winnipeg with her 12-year-old son, who was recently freed from captivity with Iraqi militants and is recove...
Jul 21, 2017
Metrolinx abandons court appeal but won't let Bombardier bid to operate GO trains
MONTREAL - Ontario’s transit agency has decided not to appeal a court ruling favouring Bombardier but will exclude the Montreal-based company from bidding to continue operating GO Transit trains...
Jul 21, 2017
Al Gore praises Trudeau on climate change - but says there's room for improvement
TORONTO - While Al Gore has plenty of praise for Justin Trudeau’s efforts to combat climate change, he says there’s still room for improvement on the prime minister’s environmental a...
Jul 21, 2017
Wildrose and Tories in Alberta vote on merger into one united party
RED DEER, Alta. - Albertans will find out today whether the province’s two right-of-centre political parties will merge into one to try and defeat Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP government. T...
Jul 21, 2017
New review finds 'systemic weaknesses' at N.L. chief medical examiner's office
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A review of Newfoundland and Labrador’s chief medical examiner’s office has found that the loss of a key piece of evidence in a murder investigation - a baby’...
Jul 21, 2017
Appointments, NAFTA and tax avoidance: how federal politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - The week in politics was supposed to be all about kids and playing in the park. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau popped up in disparate corners of the country to highlight Canada 150 free passes...
Jul 21, 2017
Groups weigh in on Ontario labour reforms on last day of consultations
TORONTO - Unions and advocacy groups made one last effort Friday to sway the Ontario government on its plan for sweeping changes to the province’s labour laws, with some sounding the alarm about...
Jul 21, 2017
Montreal Canadiens to charge fans for physical season tickets next season
Montreal Canadiens fans who cherish the annual arrival of their season tickets got an unwelcome surprise when the team announced recently it would be charging extra for printed tickets. Canadiens spok...
Jul 21, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, July 21 --- TRUDEAU TAKES SWING AT TORIES OVER KHADR: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took another swipe at the Conservatives on Friday for their ongoing campai...
Jul 21, 2017
Man punches bear in the nose in fight for survival during B.C. beachcombing trip
QUALICUM BEACH, B.C. - A British Columbia’s man’s relaxing beachcombing trip turned into a harrowing fight for survival against a grizzly bear that flailed him around “like a puppet....
Jul 21, 2017
