Category Archives: Canada
Liberals stick to their guns as U.S. again calls for NATO allies to spend more
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has sent its strongest signals yet that Canada does not plan to bow to U.S. pressure to dramatically increase what it spends on defence. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Til...
Mar 31, 2017
Immigration minister's husband found not criminally responsible in assault case
HALIFAX - The husband of Nova Scotia’s immigration minister is undergoing a 45-day psychiatric assessment after being declared not criminally responsible for allegedly assaulting, threatening an...
Mar 31, 2017
Federal Liberals earmark old Tory infrastructure money for GO Transit project
TORONTO - The federal Liberals are earmarking $1.8 billion in idle, Conservative infrastructure cash to a regional express rail project around Canada’s largest city and millions more for smaller...
Mar 31, 2017
Ontario warns New York consequences of Buy American would harm state businesses
WINDSOR, Ont. - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says she hopes New York State legislators will vote against Buy American provisions in their budget, and warns that if they don’t, she’ll con...
Mar 31, 2017
Economy tops expectations and grows faster than expected in January
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy kicked off the year with a bang as it grew faster than expected in January with the manufacturing sector leading widespread growth. Statistics Canada said Friday gross do...
Mar 31, 2017
Spring storm sweeps across Newfoundland, closing schools and hampering travel
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Weather-weary people in parts of eastern Canada are getting another unwanted blast of winter as a system moves through the region. Environment Canada has issued warnings for m...
Mar 31, 2017
Don't forget the 'killer robots,' feds told amid artificial intelligence push
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government’s drive to transform Canada into an artificial-intelligence superpower is stirring warnings about the possible dark sides of a technology with vast - and largely ...
Mar 31, 2017
Six stories in the news today, March 31
Six stories in the news for Friday, March 31: --- CANADA PART OF U.S TRADE STUDY Canada is going to be included in a U-S study of its major trading partners to determine if any use abusive trade pract...
Mar 31, 2017
'He was in so much pain:' Victim's daughter confronts Edmonton warehouse stabber
EDMONTON - The daughter of one of two men stabbed to death in a grocery warehouse confronted her father’s killer Friday before he was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 ...
Mar 31, 2017
Trump to examine 16 trade partners; Freeland says U.S. has surplus with Canada
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is taking aim at a core assumption of Donald Trump’s upcoming review of American trading partners - she said Friday the U.S. has a trade surpl...
Mar 30, 2017
