Category Archives: Canada
Mounties issue plea for help from small community to find girl's killer
GODS LAKE NARROWS, Man. - RCMP have issued a plea on social media for help from a small, isolated Manitoba community to find the killer in their midst. Manitoba Mounties posted on their Facebook page ...
Jul 18, 2017
Omnitrax says it won't pay for rail repairs in Churchill, Manitoba
CHURCHILL, Man. - Omnitrax says the flooded-out rail line to Churchill, Man., could be fixed before this winter, but the company won’t be putting up the money to do it. Omnitrax officials said T...
Jul 18, 2017
Indigenous groups won't meet provinces under current rules: Inuit leader
EDMONTON - Canada’s national Inuit leader says Indigenous groups are unlikely to appear at future provincial and territorial meetings under rules the premiers have developed. “If nothing c...
Jul 18, 2017
Quebec premier disappointed with result of referendum on Muslim cemetery
EDMONTON - Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says the outcome of a referendum in which voters narrowly rejected a proposed Muslim-owned cemetery was disappointing. Voters shot down a zoning change by ...
Jul 18, 2017
Suite of housing measures cooling market largely as expected: Morneau
OTTAWA - The federal finance minister says steps taken to tame Canada’s hottest housing markets have already helped slow down a sector he believes was moving at an unsustainable clip. Bill Morne...
Jul 18, 2017
A list of B.C.'s new NDP cabinet
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s New Democrat Premier John Horgan was sworn in on Tuesday. Here is a list of his cabinet ministers: Carole James: finance and deputy premier Mike Farnworth: public s...
Jul 18, 2017
N.B. Premier says funding abortion pills is the "right thing to do"
EDMONTON - New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant is stopping short of calling on his provincial counterparts to offer abortion pills for free, but he says it’s “the right thing to do.”...
Jul 18, 2017
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, July 18 --- FEDS UNVEIL PLANS TO CLOSE TAX LOOPHOLES: The federal government is proposing measures to tighten loopholes for private corporations that it says...
Jul 18, 2017
Couillard happy with premiers' constitutional reaction in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is expressing satisfaction with the reaction of his counterparts to his political document outlining his desire to have the province eventually sign the Co...
Jul 18, 2017
Hundreds seeking mental health support in Pikangikum First Nation: Philpott
OTTAWA - New mental health workers arrived in Pikangikum First Nation on Tuesday to help hundreds of people seeking support in the northern Ontario community, Health Minister Jane Philpott says. Addit...
Jul 18, 2017
