Category Archives: Canada
Montreal's mayor stands by police chief amid outcry over journalist surveillance
Montreal’s mayor is standing by the city’s police chief amid new reports of police surveillance of journalists’ phones. Denis Coderre says asking Chief Philippe Pichet to resign with...
Kayla Derkach Nov 06, 2016

A look at the issues facing Canada with Clinton or Trump in the White House
OTTAWA - Canada’s neighbour elects a new president Tuesday with either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump to take up residence in the White House. Each are proposing different agendas for the U.S. ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 06, 2016
Melodie's story: the ripple effect of abuse in indigenous communities
OTTAWA - At the age of five, Melodie Casella remembers calling her mom to tell her “something” had happened. It was enough to send her mother rushing home. A babysitter on her B.C. reserve...
Kayla Derkach Nov 06, 2016
B.C. lays out West Coast spill response needs ahead of expected federal plan
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s demands for a world-leading marine oil spill response has a long list of requirements, including a coast guard base at Prince Rupert and a multimillion-dollar price...
Kayla Derkach Nov 06, 2016
Open secret: sexual abuse haunts children in indigenous communities
Freda Ens says she was a baby when her birth mother sold her for a bottle of beer. The buyer was an unrelated man she would later call “Grandfather.” Her earliest memories include being se...
Kayla Derkach Nov 06, 2016
Cape Breton's 'Trump Bump' still reverberating across the island
HALIFAX - At first, the story of the cheeky Canadian website that encouraged Americans to move to Cape Breton to avoid the possibility of a Donald Trump presidency seemed like a typical viral craze th...
Kayla Derkach Nov 06, 2016

How a Canadian adventure helped create the Donald Trump family story
WASHINGTON - Canadians watching the improbable presidential run of Donald Trump might be surprised to learn the role their own country played in shaping his story. Trump’s grandfather started th...
Kayla Derkach Nov 06, 2016
Canadian captured in Libya is safe and sound in Italy, company says
MONTREAL - The employer of a Canadian citizen who was kidnapped in September in Libya says he’s doing physically well after his release. A spokeswoman for the Montreal-area Aeronav Group added t...
Kayla Derkach Nov 06, 2016
Maryland man dead after assault in Toronto; police seeking 2 suspects
TORONTO - Police are looking for two suspects after a 26-year-old Maryland man attending a bachelor party in Toronto was beaten to death. Investigators say the incident started early Saturday morning ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 06, 2016
Empowered Liberal backbenchers ignore government advice on two bills
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau promised to empower his backbenchers and increasingly, the Liberal MPs seem to be taking the prime minister at his word. Twice on the same day late last month, dozens of them j...
Kayla Derkach Nov 06, 2016

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