Category Archives: Canada
Opposition parties want committee recalled to probe Phoenix pay 'debacle'
OTTAWA - As the federal government was scrambling to make sure hundreds of civil servants get paid this week, the opposition parties joined forces Monday to call for emergency hearings into the govern...
Jul 25, 2016
Senate to claw back portion of Mike Duffy's salary in latest expense dispute
OTTAWA - Sen. Mike Duffy is going to find his Senate paycheque will soon be a little lighter. The Senate is going to start clawing back Duffy’s salary after the Prince Edward Island senator refu...
Jul 25, 2016
Six people injured after deck collapses three metres at home in Halifax area
HALIFAX - RCMP say no charges will be laid as a result of a deck collapse that injured six people at a Halifax-area home. About 15 people were on the deck when it collapsed around 8 p.m. on Sunday in ...
Jul 25, 2016
Toddler found roaming Toronto in the middle of the night reunited with parents
TORONTO - A toddler who walked out of her family’s Toronto home in the middle of the night has been reunited with her parents after spending a few hours watching cartoons at a police station. Po...
Jul 25, 2016
Drinking water measures could be in place for months due to oil spill: official
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Communities affected by an oil spill in the North Saskatchewan River can expect precautionary drinking water measures to be in place for weeks or even months, says a Saskatchewa...
Jul 25, 2016
Dion sits down for first meeting with Russian foreign minister in years
OTTAWA - The Liberal government turned the page on two years of acrimony between Canada and Russia on Monday as Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion sat down for his first formal meeting with Russia...
Jul 25, 2016
Police, judges legislators meet to discuss balancing cybercrime with privacy
HALIFAX - Judges, lawyers, legislators and law enforcement officials from around the world are meeting in Halifax to discuss the unique challenges of delivering justice in the digital age. Members of ...
Jul 25, 2016
Parks Canada scales back recovery operation for missing Calgary boy
FIELD, B.C. - Parks Canada says it is scaling back the recovery operation for an 11-year-old Calgary boy who fell into the Yoho River in southeastern B.C. Two boys fell into the river near the Takkaka...
Jul 24, 2016
RCMP say 3 safe, waving, after helicopter lands hard in Alberta mountains
SUNDRE, Alta. - A search for a helicopter that began when an emergency beacon began transmitting has ended well with all three people on board being found safe on an Alberta mountain. RCMP Sgt. Jack P...
Jul 24, 2016
Outside the Democratic convention, opposition to Clinton makes itself heard
PHILADELPHIA - Republicans who dislike Donald Trump were mostly discreet at last week’s nominating convention. They grumbled in private conversations, expressed their unease through hand gesture...
Jul 24, 2016
