Category Archives: Canada
Weaker inflation slows to 1.3%, could weigh on central bank's rate decision
OTTAWA - Steps by the Bank of Canada to prepare the country for an eventual interest rate hike are bumping up against an inflation rate that has eased up on the accelerator. Weaker year-over-year grow...
Jun 23, 2017
Price tag for Muskrat Falls hydro megaproject rises by another billion, CEO says
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Costs for the Muskrat Falls hydro project in Labrador are up another $1 billion, a “boondoggle” the man in charge says is worse than the lopsided Upper Churchill d...
Jun 23, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, June 23
Seven stories in the news for Thursday, June 22 --- FTOUHI TELLS HEARING HE HAS NO MENTAL ISSUES The Quebec man charged in the stabbing of a police officer at a Michigan airport says he has no mental ...
Jun 23, 2017
Toronto-born son of Russian spies wins fight to regain Canadian citizenship
OTTAWA - The Toronto-born son of Russian spies has won a court battle to regain his Canadian citizenship after it was revoked by Ottawa. The long-awaited Federal Court of Appeal decision in Alexander ...
Jun 23, 2017
Stolen Dawson City 'sour toe' returned to its rightful owner
DAWSON CITY, Yukon - A mummified human toe that is the key ingredient in a strange drinking ritual in Dawson City is back where it belongs. RCMP in the Yukon city say the shrivelled, brown toe that wa...
Jun 22, 2017
Text from government representative outrages southern Alberta First Nation
STANDOFF, Alta. - Alberta Health Services is apologizing and has placed an employee on administrative leave after officials at a southern Alberta First Nation complained about a racial slur being used...
Jun 22, 2017
Highlights and U-turns in the B.C. Liberals' speech from the throne
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier Christy Clark has introduced what could be her final throne speech. In many ways it is a drastic about-face from the platform her Liberal party ran on during last ...
Jun 22, 2017
Judicial Council to investigate complaints about jailing of sex assault victim
EDMONTON - Alberta’s Judicial Council will investigate complaints made about a judge over the jailing of an indigenous sex assault victim. The head of the council has received four complaints ab...
Jun 22, 2017
Indigenous woman says shut down of Saskatchewan bus service will cost lives
REGINA - An indigenous woman in Regina says she believes “people are going to die” because of the Saskatchewan government’s decision to shut down the provincial bus service. Connie D...
Jun 22, 2017
Police say security 'climate,' not specific threat, prompted weapons upgrade
OTTAWA - City police officers patrolling the airport in the nation’s capital are getting military-style rifles, but officials say the move wasn’t prompted by any specific security threats....
Jun 22, 2017
