Category Archives: Canada

Travelling overseas this summer? Ensure measles vaccination up to date: top doc
TORONTO - With the start of summer vacations just a few months away, the country’s top doctor is urging Canadians to make sure their measles vaccinations are up to date, especially for those pla...
Kayla Derkach Apr 04, 2017
Five Things to take away from results of Monday's federal byelection
OTTAWA - The final outcomes of Monday’s federal byelections might appear to do little to change the political landscape in the House of Commons, since no seats changed hands among the parties. I...
Kayla Derkach Apr 03, 2017
Manitoba premier says he'll take prime minister's word over research facility
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he’s now ready to move ahead with a health-care funding deal with Ottawa. Pallister had earlier accused the federal government of threatening to ...
Kayla Derkach Apr 03, 2017

Ethics probe clears former Alberta premier Redford again in tobacco lawsuit
EDMONTON - Another investigation has cleared former Alberta premier Alison Redford of wrongdoing on how she selected a law firm to sue tobacco companies on behalf of the province. Redford was Alberta&...
Kayla Derkach Apr 03, 2017
Alberta's Wildrose and PCs at odds over gay-straight alliances in schools
EDMONTON - Alberta’s two conservative parties, working on a deal to join forces, are at odds when it comes to social clubs for gay students in schools. Wildrose Leader Brian Jean says he disagre...
Kayla Derkach Apr 03, 2017

Younger sister of Tina Fontaine now missing, struggling with tragedy: family
WINNIPEG - The sister of a Manitoba teen who became one of the poster children for the issue of missing and murdered indigenous woman is now missing herself and her family says it all stems from the t...
Kayla Derkach Apr 03, 2017
Malala Yousafzai to receive Canadian citizenship, address Parliament
OTTAWA - Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai will receive her honorary Canadian citizenship in Ottawa next week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says the presentation will take plac...
Kayla Derkach Apr 03, 2017
List of candidates in five federal byelections
OTTAWA - Byelections were held in five federal ridings on Monday. Here are lists of the candidates: Calgary Heritage Khalis Ahmed, NDP. Bob Benzen, Conservative. Scott Forsyth, Liberal. Stephen J. Gar...
Kayla Derkach Apr 03, 2017
Family wants justice minister to reopen case of woman who died down laundry chute
REGINA - The family of a Regina woman who died after plunging 10 storeys down a hotel laundry chute wants the case reopened. Nadine Machiskinic was found at the bottom of the chute at Regina’s D...
Kayla Derkach Apr 03, 2017

The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, April 3 --- CEO SAYS BOMBARDIER DID ‘BAD JOB’ ON COMPENSATION: Bombardier did “a bad job” explaining its decision to raise executive c...
Kayla Derkach Apr 03, 2017

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