Category Archives: Canada
Experts see instability in the legislature after B.C. election
VANCOUVER - The final results of British Columbia’s election are still not in, but experts already see scenarios for an unstable provincial government that is unlikely to last a full four-year t...
May 12, 2017
Federal government gives green light for two Montreal safe injection sites
MONTREAL - After a long wait, two supervised injection sites will open in Montreal in a matter of weeks, Quebec’s public health minister announced Friday. Lucie Charlebois says she received word...
May 12, 2017
A breakdown of the thorny issues involved in the cultural appropriation debate
TORONTO - A controversial opinion piece that encouraged white writers to explore “the lives of people who aren’t like you” exploded into a heated debate over cultural appropriation, ...
May 12, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, May 12 --- PM IS RIDICULED FOR URGING HOCKEY FANS TO SUPPORT SENS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s call for Canadian hockey fans to cheer for the Ottawa...
May 12, 2017
Liberal bill will bar oil tanker traffic from northern B.C. coast
OTTAWA - New legislation introduced by the federal government will bar most oil tankers from operating along the coast of northern British Columbia. It will ban tankers carrying crude oil and so-calle...
May 12, 2017
Regina sentencing hearing told youth said he wanted to be serial killer
REGINA - A youth who stabbed his former girlfriend to death with a hunting knife told a friend months earlier that he wanted to become a serial killer and do away with his ex. Hannah Leflar was stabbe...
May 12, 2017
Impaired driving, trade and flooding: how federal politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - Parliament Hill seemed downright cosy this week as the surrounding areas shivered through days of wet basements and home-destroying floods. The Conservatives devoted much of their week to chi...
May 12, 2017
Father of woman charged with murdering her baby says allegation isn't true
EDMONTON - The father of a woman charged with murder in the death of her 11-day-old daughter from a methamphetamine overdose says he doesn’t believe she could commit such an awful crime. Edmonto...
May 12, 2017
New UN food chief and Trump supporter lobbies Congress not to cut aid dollars
OTTAWA - The new head of the United Nations World Food Program - and a Donald Trump supporter - says he is confident the U.S. president’s plans for massive foreign aid cuts will never come to pa...
May 12, 2017
B.C. Court of Appeal dismisses former CFL player Arland Bruce III's lawsuit
Arland Bruce III’s lawyer is prepared to take the former CFL player’s concussion lawsuit to the Supreme Court of Canada despite a second legal setback. The B.C. Court of Appeal unanimously...
May 12, 2017
