Category Archives: Canada
PBO says feds' proposed changes would undermine office's independence
OTTAWA - The head of an agency that has spent years shining a light for Canadians on the sometimes-opaque world of government spending is slamming the Trudeau government for its plan to give his offic...
May 03, 2017
Hundreds of homes threatened as flood waters continue to rise near Montreal
RIGAUD, Que. - Rising water levels continued to flood various regions of Quebec on Wednesday, with parts of the Montreal area hit particularly hard by the impact of heavy rains. Some streets were subm...
May 03, 2017
Nova Scotia Liberals roll out plan for pre-primary care for pre-schoolers
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Liberals outlined details Wednesday of its plans to provide a pre-primary program for about 750 four-year-olds across the province. Premier Stephen McNeil said if elected...
May 03, 2017
Sajjan to reveal military spending 'hole' in set-up for new defence policy
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will set the stage today for the Liberals’ much-anticipated defence policy by casting a glaring light on what senior defence sources say is a massive R...
May 03, 2017
Ontario rights tribunal finds landlord violated tenants' religious rights
TORONTO - A landlord who repeatedly ignored his tenants’ requests to respect their prayer times and remove his shoes in their prayer space violated their religious rights, Ontario’s human ...
May 03, 2017
N.S. Tory Leader Jaimie Baillie: Comfortable in his own 'political nerd' skin
HALIFAX - One of the most prominent items in Jamie Baillie’s office, along with the John F. Kennedy portrait and the Sir John A. Macdonald action figure, is a signed baseball from Bill “Sp...
May 03, 2017
Racial profiling harmful and pervasive, Ontario report concludes
TORONTO - Racial profiling is a harmful form of discrimination that can be profoundly damaging to its victims and their communities, and undermines trust in public institutions, a new human rights rep...
May 03, 2017
Revenge talk between four men just 'macho nonsense,' murder trial hears
TORONTO - Three men who sent each other text messages advocating revenge against a rival were simply engaging in “macho nonsense,” not plotting a murder, a defence lawyer told a Toronto co...
May 03, 2017
A look back at how a wildfire destroyed large parts of Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - It has been one year since a wildfire destroyed large parts of Fort McMurray. Here is a look back at how events unfolded: May 1 – A fire starts in a remote part of forest ...
May 03, 2017
One year later: A look at the Fort McMurray wildfire and rebuild by the numbers
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - It’s been one year since a wildfire devastated parts of the northern Alberta city of Fort McMurray. Here is a look at the rebuild by the numbers: 1,595: Number of building...
May 03, 2017
