Category Archives: Canada
Nova Scotia spending spree touted as indication of potential spring election
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia government spending spree - more than $40 million has come in a flurry of recent daily announcements - is heightening speculation Premier Stephen McNeil will call an election t...
Apr 05, 2017
Tory leadership candidate Steven Blaney mixes up Yogi Berra and Babe Ruth
OTTAWA - At least he had the right team. Conservative leadership candidate Steven Blaney mixed up two famous New York Yankees on Wednesday as he tried to put a positive spin on his lacklustre polling ...
Apr 05, 2017
Facts of Syrian gas attacks need to be established to assign blame: Freeland
OTTAWA - The facts behind the Syrian chemical weapons attack must be clearly established so those responsible can be held accountable, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday. Freela...
Apr 05, 2017
PM Trudeau takes the stage at question period to showcase his idea for reform
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to his feet Wednesday to answer questions on the use of chemical weapons in Syria, the bombing mission in Iraq, executive compensation at Bombardier and mon...
Apr 05, 2017
Halifax police take pledge on sexual assault to 'start by believing' victims
Halifax police are taking a pledge to “start by believing” sexual assault victims when investigating complaints of sexual violence, saying they want to strip away bias and judgment in hand...
Apr 05, 2017
Senior execs overseeing troubled pay system no longer on Phoenix file: minister
OTTAWA - Four senior executives who helped launch the federal government’s troubled civil service pay system are no longer working for Public Services and Procurement Canada and didn’t rec...
Apr 05, 2017
Hydro-Quebec overcharged Quebecers for electricity: cabinet minister
Quebecers have unwittingly helped the province balance its budget in paying their electricity bills. Natural Resources Minister Pierre Arcand confirmed today that Hydro-Quebec has imposed higher rates...
Apr 05, 2017
Box of old movies recovered from Eaton's store in 1940s contains
'lost' film
TORONTO - As a kid in Winnipeg, Richard Scott used to huddle in the basement with his family and watch 1920s-era silent films projected onto a bedsheet hung up with clothespins. His dad, who worked at...
Apr 05, 2017
Accused hired hitman to kill rival at Toronto cafe, Crown tells trial
TORONTO - Three men involved in cross-border cocaine trafficking hired a costumed hitman to carry out a brazen daylight shooting at a Toronto cafe in order to eliminate an acquaintance also involved i...
Apr 05, 2017
January ice storm in New Brunswick most costly restoration in utility's history
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s power utility says this January’s ice storm was the largest, most expensive restoration effort in the utility’s history. The Crown-owned NB Power says i...
Apr 05, 2017
