Category Archives: Canada
Manitoba public-sector unions launch court challenge over wage freezes
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s public-sector unions launched a court challenge Tuesday against wage freezes imposed by the provincial government. More than a dozen unions, representing 110,000 government...
Jul 04, 2017
Pregnant woman, boyfriend shot in Toronto; police seek three suspects
TORONTO - Police say three masked men entered a Toronto apartment building early Tuesday morning and shot a pregnant woman and her boyfriend as they lay in bed while two children slept in another room...
Jul 04, 2017
Special forces operating on 'borrowed time', need more troops: general
OTTAWA - Canada’s elite special forces soldiers risk being run ragged after spending three years deployed in Iraq, as well as in several other lesser-known places around the globe, their deputy ...
Jul 04, 2017
Liberals to dole out $2.1-billion to unclog trade, border bottlenecks
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to sink $2 billion into trade and transport infrastructure, including trade routes along the border with the United States that have become clogged and are in dir...
Jul 04, 2017
Fury erupts at word that feds set to pay Omar Khadr $10.5 million, apologize
TORONTO - Word that the federal government has agreed to pay former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr more than $10 million and apologize to him to settle a long-running lawsuit sparked a furious and...
Jul 04, 2017
PM Trudeau and Irish Taoiseach tout benefits of CETA at Dublin meetings
DUBLIN - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaning on Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar to help convince his European counterparts to give the go-ahead to the Canada-Europe free trade agreement. The wi...
Jul 04, 2017
Dead fin whale spotted floating off P.E.I., cause of death not known
CHARLOTTETOWN - A dead fin whale has been spotted floating in waters off P.E.I. Federal Fisheries officials say the carcass was seen during a recent aerial survey east of the Island. They say the caus...
Jul 04, 2017
RCMP hosts workshop that teaches other police how to train dogs to find fentanyl
INNISFAIL, Alta. - A workshop at the RCMP’s dog training centre in Alberta has attracted officers and animals from police forces across the continent eager to see the centre’s pioneering w...
Jul 04, 2017
Influential, misinformed Canadian media hurts China-Canada relations: envoy
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government should spend less time bowing down to Canadian journalists preoccupied with human rights and get on with negotiating an important free trade agreement with China, says ...
Jul 04, 2017
Five stories in the news for today, July 4
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, July 4 --- TRUDEAU IN EUROPE FOR G20 SUMMIT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Ireland to begin a week-long European visit which will culminate with a G20 meetin...
Jul 04, 2017
