Category Archives: Canada
Former cabinet minister writes about revolt that almost toppled a premier
WINNIPEG - The acrimony, distrust and eventual open warfare that crippled the Manitoba New Democrats and almost toppled former premier Greg Selinger is being laid out for the first time by an insider....
May 02, 2017
Five things to know about the controversy around Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan was again defending himself in the Commons on Tuesday, repeating his apology for claiming to have been the architect of Operation Medusa, a major Canadian-led m...
May 02, 2017
NAFTA burgers: Canadian envoy touts trade deal through example of a hamburger
WASHINGTON - Just before lunchtime in Washington, a Canadian MP spoke to his audience’s stomach about the tasty attributes of the North American Free Trade Agreement and how cancelling it would ...
May 02, 2017
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, May 2 --- EXPEL MEREDITH, SENATE ETHICS COMMITTEE SAYS: The Senate ethics committee is recommending that disgraced Sen. Don Meredith be expelled for engaging...
May 02, 2017
A brief history of Canada's notwithstanding clause and how it came to be
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says it will invoke the notwithstanding clause of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms so it can keep funding non-Catholic students attending Catholic schools. Premi...
May 02, 2017
Gas leak forces evacuation near Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Police and fire services have reopened streets near Parliament Hill that were evacuated Tuesday afternoon due to a gas leak. The leak was thought to have been caused by construction in the ar...
May 02, 2017
Man convicted of sexually assaulting daughter for close to a decade
A man who argued in an Ontario court that he was simply being a “touchy feely” father when he regularly pinned his daughter under him - face down - and ground his genitals on her over roug...
May 02, 2017
Nova Scotia election roundup
HALIFAX - (NSElxn) Nova Scotia’s Tories and governing Liberals are trading accusations over their treatment of female candidates. Premier Stephen McNeil has praised his government’s record...
May 02, 2017
B.C. Liberal leader's encounter with woman goes viral on social media
MERRITT, B.C. - A brief encounter between Liberal Leader Christy Clark and a woman who said she would never vote for her is continuing to reverberate in British Columbia’s election campaign. The...
May 02, 2017
Sajjan pulls out of fundraiser for veterans amid Afghan battle controversy
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan on Tuesday bowed out of an annual fundraising event originally set up for veterans of the war in Afghanistan, an event whose main beneficiaries include military...
May 02, 2017
