Category Archives: Canada
Here is a look at some of the winners and losers in Manitoba's budget
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government released its 2017-18 budget Tuesday. Here is a look at some of the winners and losers: Winners: Current taxpayers: Budget contains no ne...
Apr 11, 2017
A look at some highlights in Manitoba's provincial budget released Tuesday
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government released its 2017-18 budget on Tuesday. Here is a look a some of the highlights: - No increases to personal or business taxes. - Department spending increases are be...
Apr 11, 2017
American woman makes unexpected guilty plea in Halifax mall murder plot
HALIFAX - An American woman has pleaded guilty in a plot to kill shoppers at a Halifax mall on Valentine’s Day, a potential massacre avoided by a Crime Stoppers tip to police. Lindsay Kantha Sou...
Apr 11, 2017
Police discover impaired man with son on lap riding lawn tractor in Manitoba
WINKLER, Man. - A man is facing impaired driving charges after he was riding a lawn tractor with his son in his lap. Police in Winkler, Man., said they got a call Saturday around 9 p.m. about a man wi...
Apr 11, 2017
Opposition seizes on report that staffer flew to private island on a seaplane
OTTAWA - A media report detailing how a government technician made his way to a pricey private island in the Bahamas had Prime Minister Justin Trudeau deflecting renewed allegations Tuesday about his ...
Apr 11, 2017
2 men charged in death of a goat in northwestern Ontario
RAINY RIVER, Ont. - Two Ontario men are facing charges in the death of a goat. Ontario Provincial Police say they received a report on April 2 that a goat had been killed at a home in Rainy River, Ont...
Apr 11, 2017
Quebec budgets $100 million for new foreign policy, offices in Cuba, Philadelphia
Quebec announced a new foreign policy program Tuesday that is focused on environmental issues and human rights. The government is setting aside $100 million over five years to support its first new fo...
Apr 11, 2017
N.B. fire claims four:'I don't think there was a firefighter that had a dry eye'
ST. GEORGE, N.B. - The old white house on the hill was home to an elderly widow and her three adult sons, fondly described by friends and neighbours as a special family with a well-known connection to...
Apr 11, 2017
Leitch as PM would undo Liberal plan to legalize recreational cannabis
OTTAWA - Marijuana is a “dangerous drug,” Conservative leadership hopeful Kellie Leitch said Tuesday as she promised to undo the Liberal government’s efforts to legalize it, should s...
Apr 11, 2017
A quicksketch of B.C. New Democratic Party Leader John Horgan
VICTORIA - John Horgan, leader of British Columbia’s New Democratic Party, is a three-term member of the provincial legislature. Here is a brief sketch of the politician. Born: Victoria Age: 57 ...
Apr 11, 2017
