Category Archives: Canada
Liberals replace Tory political appointments in major diplomatic shuffle
OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s new ambassador to Japan was lauded Tuesday by a former Conservative trade official as a good choice for helping Canadian exporters crack the world’s third...
Jul 19, 2016
Judge dismisses application for judicial review of P.E.I.s abortion policy
CHARLOTTETOWN - A provincial supreme court judge ruled an applicant has no legal standing to seek a judicial review of Prince Edward Island’s abortion policy and laws. Justice Nancy Key told Kev...
Jul 19, 2016
2 rescued after boat grounds near brink of Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Two people were rescued from a disabled motor boat that was adrift near the brink of Niagara Falls, a hazardous nighttime rescue that was hindered by high winds but helped when n...
Jul 19, 2016
Pilots held for suspected drinking before Glasgow to Toronto flight
Two television personalities whose flight from Scotland to Toronto was postponed by a day after both pilots were arrested on suspicion of drunkenness said they were frustrated by the delay but relieve...
Jul 19, 2016
Six stories in the news today, July 19
Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press: --- REPUBLICAN PLATFORM CALLS FOR REVIVING KEYSTONE XL Reviving the Keystone XL pipeline project from Canada has become the official policy of th...
Jul 19, 2016
Republican platform calls for reviving the Keystone XL Canadian oil pipeline
CLEVELAND - Reviving the Keystone XL pipeline project from Canada has become an official policy of the Republican party in the 2016 election, with its inclusion in the platform that’s just been ...
Jul 19, 2016
Woman caught in Lake Erie rip current rescued by kite boarder
WAINFLEET, Ont. - A 40-year-old Toronto man used his kite board Monday afternoon to help rescue a New York state woman from a rip current in Lake Erie. Niagara Region police say the 37-year-old woman ...
Jul 18, 2016
Iranian-Canadian sculptor home in Vancouver after having passport confiscated
VANCOUVER - A celebrated Iranian-Canadian sculptor considered one of the greatest living artists of the Middle East says he still doesn’t know what prompted Iranian authorities to confiscate his...
Jul 18, 2016
No deaths, serious injuries to animals at Calgary Stampede rodeo this year
CALGARY - No animals died or were seriously injured during the Calgary Stampede this year. Stampede spokeswoman Kristina Barnes says changes made to the track and to barrel positions for the chuckwago...
Jul 18, 2016
Syrian refugee program sparks political push for other humanitarian settlement
OTTAWA - This fall, federal public servants are expected to go to Northern Iraq to figure out how to get hundreds of people from there to Canada as refugees. It’s the first time Canadian staff w...
Jul 18, 2016
