Category Archives: Canada
First Nations vow to use courts and other means if necessary to stop Keystone XL
CALGARY - A coalition of aboriginal groups from Canada and the U.S. has signed a declaration against the Keystone XL pipeline, vowing to use the courts and whatever other means necessary to block the ...
May 17, 2017
Quebec announces increase in financial assistance for flood victims
MONTREAL - The amount of financial assistance available for people dealing specifically with the aftermath of heavy flooding this year has been topped up, the Quebec government announced Wednesday. Pr...
May 17, 2017
Workers at Toronto marijuana dispensary Canna Clinic join Unifor, union says
TORONTO - Workers at a medical marijuana dispensary in Toronto’s east end have joined Unifor, the country’s largest private-sector union. Forty workers - including reception, production, s...
May 17, 2017
Expert tells sentencing hearing teen who killed ex-girlfriend not psychopathic
REGINA - A clinical psychologist says a young man who killed his teenage girlfriend when he was 16 does not meet the criteria for psychopathy. Hannah Leflar was also 16 when she was repeatedly stabbed...
May 17, 2017
Injured muskrat named George dies, funds raised for rodent to go toward autopsy
BOWMANVILLE, Ont. - An Ontario wildlife rescue centre that collected donations for an extensively injured muskrat says the animal has died but some of the funds raised will pay for an autopsy for the ...
May 17, 2017
Nova Scotia election roundup
HALIFAX - (NSElxn) Nova Scotia’s Liberals have released an election platform that includes a total of $1.08 billion in spending commitments and tax cuts over four years. The platform is based on...
May 17, 2017
Liberals to lay out foreign policy next month; Freeland calls it 'canola' plan
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tasked his foreign minister with delivering a major speech laying out the government’s approach to international affairs on all its key pillars: de...
May 17, 2017
Sajjan to mark Peacekeepers Day at United Nations despite mission indecision
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is expected to face pointed questions when he travels to the United Nations next week to help commemorate those peacekeepers who have been killed in the line of...
May 17, 2017
Transgender community, NDP urge Trudeau government to change travel regulations
OTTAWA - Jennifer McCreath has a fear of flying of a different sort: a fear she won’t be allowed on board. McCreath, a 43-year-old transgender woman in St. John’s, N.L., takes issue with a...
May 17, 2017
Political stakes set to change for Opposition Conservatives under new leader
OTTAWA - Conservative members of Parliament emerged Wednesday from their final caucus meeting under the leadership of Rona Ambrose - and landed squarely in politically uncertain territory. In 10 days&...
May 17, 2017
