Category Archives: Canada
Former PC organizer to plead not guilty to convention assault charge: lawyer
CALGARY - The lawyer for Alan Hallman says the one-time organizer with Jason Kenney’s Progressive Conservative leadership campaign intends to plead not guilty to an assault charge. Dale Fedorchu...
May 08, 2017
N.S. Liberals promise coastal law, face criticism for lax approach to polluters
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s eroding coast and forest clearcuts emerged as election issues Monday as the Liberals promised new studies and laws, while the Tory leader said existing environmental rule...
May 08, 2017
Ex-deputy Quebec premier going straight to trial on fraud-related charges
QUEBEC - Former deputy Quebec premier Nathalie Normandeau and six other people charged with fraud-related offences will not have a preliminary hearing and will go straight to trial. The Crown did not ...
May 08, 2017
14-year-old boy charged with stealing car from dealership, fleeing police
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland police nabbed an alleged car thief on the weekend - one too young to drive. They say a 14-year-old boy is facing charges after being caught behind the wheel of a ...
May 08, 2017
Pride Toronto moves closer to securing annual grant amid controversy
TORONTO - Canada’s largest Pride parade is one step closer to securing municipal funding that has been threatened by a decision to ban uniformed police officers from the annual event. Pride Toro...
May 08, 2017
Liberals put on defensive over plans to create infrastructure investing machine
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government was on the defensive Monday over its plans to create a new infrastructure financing body amid opposition accusations that the Liberals had given global investors too mu...
May 08, 2017
People committing suicide because of long wait for help, N.S. Tories say
HALIFAX - The Progressive Conservatives committed $40 million to mental health services in Nova Scotia on Monday, saying the Liberals have failed to address a deepening crisis that is seeing people co...
May 08, 2017
Caring for aging parents costs Canadians $33B a year in expenses and lost income
TORONTO - Caring for aging parents costs Canadians $33 billion a year in direct out-of-pocket expenses and time off work, a new study by CIBC says. The report also says that number will only increase ...
May 08, 2017
Five stories in the news today, May 8
Five stories in the news for Monday, May 8 --- REINFORCEMENTS DEPLOYED IN QUEBEC FLOOD FIGHT Additional Canadian military personnel have been deployed in Quebec’s vast flood zone to help exhaust...
May 08, 2017
Senate committee calls for Liberals to kill interim Super Hornet purchase
OTTAWA - The Senate defence committee released a report Monday blasting the Trudeau government’s “political decision” to purchase Super Hornet fighter jets, while all but endorsing t...
May 08, 2017
