Category Archives: Canada
Interim Conservative leader Ambrose begins farewell to political life
OTTAWA - When interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose began using the photo-sharing social media site Instagram, the pictures she posted were all in black and white. She opened the account just days ...
May 16, 2017
Nova Scotia NDP promising $15-a-day child care plan beginning next year
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia New Democrats are promising to bring in $15-a-day child care beginning next year if they win the May 30 provincial election, a pledge the other parties quickly dismissed as likel...
May 16, 2017
Eight stories in the news today, May 16
Eight stories in the news for Tuesday, May 16 --- JAGMEET SINGH JOINS RACE FOR NDP LEADERSHIP Jagmeet Singh has launched his bid to leap from provincial politics to head the federal New Democrats. If ...
May 16, 2017
NAFTA checklist: A handy guide to key issues, as formal process set to start
WASHINGTON - The formal process in renegotiating the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement could begin any day. The U.S. administration says it will soon serve notice that it will enter discussions...
May 16, 2017
Vehicles, lack of hunting and nesting sites threaten urban barn owls: report
VANCOUVER - One of Canada’s largest populations of barn owls may be more aptly named bridge or overpass owls because they’re losing normal roosting spaces and struggling to adapt to urbani...
May 16, 2017
Federal government warned about perils of tightening tax amnesty program
OTTAWA - Within weeks, Ottawa is expected to unveil proposed restrictions to an income tax amnesty program that has raked in millions for federal coffers, but experts are warning the government to tre...
May 16, 2017
Aga Khan opens Ottawa pluralism centre, and board members blast Trump
OTTAWA - The Aga Khan returned Tuesday to Ottawa to unveil the new headquarters of an international organization that is positioning itself as an antidote of sorts to growing strains of populism and i...
May 16, 2017
National gas station count growing again thanks to stronger profit margins
CALGARY - The number of gasoline stations in Canada grew for the second consecutive year in 2016 after a 10-year decline that resulted in the loss of one in five outlets. The Kent Group’s annual...
May 16, 2017
'Don't want to die:' Sentencing hearing told victim begged teen shooter to stop
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - One of the victims of a shooting at a high school and a home in northern Saskatchewan told the teenage gunman that he didn’t want to die while another victim managed to call...
May 16, 2017
Park board approves bylaw banning whales, dolphins at Vancouver Aquarium
VANCOUVER - A bylaw banning whales, dolphins and porpoises in captivity has been approved by Vancouver’s park board. The board voted 6 to 1 in favour of approving the bylaw at a meeting Monday n...
May 15, 2017
