Category Archives: Canada
Nova Scotia spending $390 million to twin key highways, without road tolls
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government’s decision Wednesday to commit $390 million over seven years to improve highways was welcomed with relief by the chief of a small rural fire department in th...
Apr 26, 2017
Vice-admiral leaked cabinet secrets to help ensure supply ship contract: RCMP
OTTAWA - The military’s second-in-command leaked cabinet secrets to a shipbuilding executive as a means of pressuring the Liberal government to approve a $700-million contract, the RCMP alleges ...
Apr 26, 2017
Freeland sees softwood progress as Canada-U.S. wage 'polite, amicable' trade war
OTTAWA - Anyone looking for a political decoder for how the Trudeau government might be interpreting Donald Trump’s latest spate of anti-Canadian trade rhetoric could do worse than American come...
Apr 26, 2017
Five facts about the crane rescue operation in Toronto
TORONTO - A woman who climbed up a construction crane and onto a dangling pulley in Toronto was rescued Wednesday morning after a dramatic hours-long operation. Here are five things to know about the ...
Apr 26, 2017
'Bee Nation' director aims to break down stereotypes about First Nations
TORONTO - How do you spell “empowering?” It’s a word Lana Slezic uses often as she describes her new documentary “Bee Nation,” which is the opening-night film for the Hot...
Apr 26, 2017
Woman rescued from crane at Toronto construction site faces 6 mischief charges
TORONTO - A woman who spent hours suspended high above a construction site after scaling a crane in downtown Toronto was rescued by being strapped to a rappelling firefighter and lowered to the ground...
Apr 26, 2017
The Populism Project: could border crossers prompt political shift?
OTTAWA - “Help keep our borders safe,” read a recent fundraising pitch from the federal Conservative party - a plea the official Opposition is linking directly to the increased flow of asy...
Apr 26, 2017
Five stories in the news today, April 26
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, April 26 --- PHILPOTT FRUSTRATED OVER LACK OF OVERDOSE DATA Health Minister Jane Philpott says she is frustrated with provinces and territories that haven’...
Apr 26, 2017
Federal health minister says provinces, territories not providing OD death data
VANCOUVER - Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says she’s aiming to release statistics on overdose deaths in Canada but is frustrated with provinces and territories that haven’t provide...
Apr 26, 2017
Trump's trade actions bring uncertainty to Canadian lumber country
MADAWASKA, Ont. - It didn’t take long for Donald Trump’s new tariffs on softwood lumber to echo in Ontario’s Madawaska Valley - a forestry-dependent area almost exactly 1,000 kilomet...
Apr 26, 2017
