Category Archives: Canada
Olympics to lack star power as NHL announces it won't participate in 2018 Games
It appears the 2018 Winter Olympics will lack the star power of Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews after the NHL announced Monday it will not interrupt next season to accommodate the Py...
Apr 03, 2017
Liberal apologizes in Commons for sexist remark at committee
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Nicola Di Iorio has apologized in the House of Commons for making what was described as “a suggestive and very inappropriate” comment during a committee meeting last mo...
Apr 03, 2017
Comedian's remarks 'inappropriate': Heritage Minister Melanie Joly
OTTAWA - Comedian Russell Peters’s performance as host of the Junos on Sunday night is getting a bad review from Heritage Minister Melanie Joly. Peters, who hosted the music awards ceremony in O...
Apr 03, 2017
Ontario's first cap-and-trade auction sells out current allowances
TORONTO - Ontario’s first cap-and-trade auction sold out all current allowances, giving the new market a strong start, but the province’s environment minister warned the real test of the s...
Apr 03, 2017
Optics on Bombardier executive raises tests Liberals' promises to middle class
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau refused Monday to denounce Bombardier for enriching its executives even as the company rakes in nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money, drawing opposition charges that the Liberal...
Apr 03, 2017
Missing and murdered women's inquiry not reaching out to families: advocates
VANCOUVER - The national missing and murdered indigenous women’s inquiry has failed to adequately reach out to loved ones and survivors, says a coalition of advocacy groups and families less tha...
Apr 03, 2017
Border tax might damage American economy more than Canada's: Morneau
OTTAWA - Canada’s finance minister warned business leaders in New York on Monday that a proposed U.S. border tax threatens to make both countries poorer - and might even hurt Americans more. In ...
Apr 03, 2017
Lawsuit alleges police handling of sex assault case showed systemic discrimination
A woman whose sexual assault complaint was deemed unfounded by London, Ont., police is suing the force, alleging the way investigators handle such cases constitutes systemic discrimination. In a lawsu...
Apr 03, 2017
Charges laid in blast that damaged entrance to Saskatoon courthouse
SASKATOON - A threatening phone call led to charges being laid in an explosion last week outside Saskatoon’s provincial courthouse. The blast happened late Wednesday evening near the front doors...
Apr 03, 2017
Air Miles users furious over lower limits for in-store cash miles redemptions
Some Air Miles collectors reacted with anger Monday after learning the reward program is lowering the cap on in-store cash miles redemptions to $50 per day as it prepares to resume the program Wednesd...
Apr 03, 2017
