Category Archives: Canada
Ottawa will continue to monitor housing market: Finance Minister Bill Morneau
TORONTO - Ottawa will continue to monitor the real estate market and take the necessary actions to ensure that an uptick in interest rates or a decline in home prices don’t threaten the country&...
Oct 28, 2016
Morneau says he has followed all federal rules governing fundraising
TORONTO - Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau says he has abided by all the rules to ensure he has not violated any regulations governing lobbying and conflict of interest. Morneau’s comments ...
Oct 28, 2016
Nova Scotia public health officer says response to opioid abuse is 'urgent'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s public health officer has launched a multi-front battle against the eastward spread of the highly toxic painkiller fentanyl, which can kill with dosages the size of a gra...
Oct 28, 2016
At biker bars and rallies, the message to GOP: This is Trump's party now
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - The sounds at this biker bar explain why leaders of the Republican party tiptoe gingerly around Donald Trump, avoid criticizing him, and keep wavering back and forth over whether...
Oct 28, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Oct. 28
Six stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 28 --- PRENTICE TO BE REMEMBERED TODAY A large number of prominent politicians are expected to attend a memorial for former Alberta premier Jim Prentice in Cal...
Oct 28, 2016
Broadway-bound 'Come From Away' heads to 9/11 haven Gander, N.L. for charity
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Retired American Airlines Capt. Beverley Bass will be in Gander, N.L., this weekend when the Broadway-bound “Come From Away” lands in the 9/11 haven that inspired ...
Oct 28, 2016
Motion on carbon tax on agenda as Wildrose party holds annual general meeting
RED DEER, Alta. - Alberta’s carbon tax is high on the agenda as members of Alberta’s Wildrose party gather today in Red Deer for their annual general meeting. Party leader Brian Jean will ...
Oct 28, 2016
'Our bedrock:' Jim Prentice remembered at memorial as devoted family man
CALGARY - Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice was remembered Friday as a principled public servant, a humble leader and a champion of indigenous and environmental causes. But much of a public state me...
Oct 28, 2016
'I want justice:' Victims call for adult sentence in school shooting
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - People who say their lives changed forever the day a teen took a gun and went to a high school and a home in northern Saskatchewan - killing four and wounding seven - want him pun...
Oct 28, 2016
Alberta mayor, MP say they will fight move of immigration processing centre
VEGREVILLE, Alta. - The mayor of an Alberta town says he will fight the relocation of the federal immigration and refugee processing centre that has been the community’s major employer since it ...
Oct 27, 2016
