Category Archives: Canada

PM: UN peacekeeping mission possible in 2017, even though Canada mum on details
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not ruling out sending troops to a peacekeeping mission this year, even though Canada has not yet told the United Nations what it is up to. “We have a d...
Kayla Derkach Mar 25, 2017
Three ways federal politics touched Canadians this week, the Budget 2017 edition
OTTAWA - It’s been dubbed the innovation-and-skills budget, the feminist budget, the do-nothing budget, the do-it-later budget, the wait-and-see budget. Whether or not you think the 278-page emp...
Kayla Derkach Mar 25, 2017
No winning ticket for $15 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $15 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on March 31 will be approximately $24 million. The Canadian Press
Kayla Derkach Mar 25, 2017
Canadians urged to spend time in the dark tonight to mark Earth Hour
TORONTO - Many Canadians will be spending an hour with the lights out tonight as they join people around the world in marking the tenth annual Earth Hour. The event is aimed at drawing attention to cl...
Kayla Derkach Mar 25, 2017
Calgary man convicted with wife in diabetic son's murder files appeal
CALGARY - A Calgary man who was found guilty along with his wife of murder in the death of their diabetic teenage son has joined her in filing an appeal of his conviction. Emil and Rodica Radita of Ca...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017
B.C. Liberals to refund $93k for indirect donations, cites clerical errors
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Liberal Party says it has found 43 so-called indirect donations worth almost $93,000, which it plans to reimburse. The information comes as the RCMP is already reviewi...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, March 24 --- TRUMP APPROVES KEYSTONE PIPELINE: U.S. President Donald Trump approved the Keystone X-L pipeline Friday, but analysts say there is no guarantee t...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017
Slow and steady only way to go on infrastructure funding, Morneau says
OTTAWA - The finance minister would like to see billions in new federal infrastructure money flow faster to provinces and cities, but Bill Morneau says that moving too fast would risk wasting money. T...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017
Three ways federal politics touched Canadians this week, the Budget 2017 edition
OTTAWA - It’s been dubbed the innovation-and-skills budget, the feminist budget, the do-nothing budget, the do-it-later budget, the wait-and-see budget. Whether or not you think the 278-page emp...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017
Remains found in French field identified as First World War soldier from Calgary
OTTAWA - Human remains found in a French field have been confirmed as being those of a Canadian soldier from Calgary who died in the First World War. The Department of National Defence says Sgt. James...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017

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