Category Archives: Canada
Women in gender-parity cabinet reflect on first year as ministers
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed last year to bring gender parity - an equal number of men and women - to the federal cabinet, responding to a question about “why” with the...
Oct 23, 2016
'Room left to grow': Canada's first aboriginal justice minister one year in
OTTAWA - There is a gripping photograph of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau taken when newly elected Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould was sworn in as justice minister. The two politicians stare into each ...
Oct 23, 2016
Former Habs coach and Senator Jacques Demers released from hospital
OTTAWA - Senator and former Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Demers is back at home after going to hospital Saturday. His Senate office would only confirm that Demers, 72, was at home Sunday, but didn...
Oct 23, 2016
Protesters who refuse solid food take fight against Muskrat Falls to Ottawa
An Inuk artist protesting the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador says he’s lost more than eight kilograms after ten days of consuming nothing but water but is prepared to die for hi...
Oct 23, 2016
Conservative MP Steven Blaney joining party leadership race
QUEBEC - Conservative MP Steven Blaney is joining the party’s leadership race. Blaney, who had already filed his nomination papers on Wednesday, made an official announcement Sunday at the annua...
Oct 23, 2016
Belgium urged to break EU-Canada trade deadlock by Monday
BRUSSELS - If Belgium cannot break a deadlock over the European Union’s landmark free deal with Canada by Monday night, EU leaders will consider cancelling a signing ceremony scheduled for later...
Oct 23, 2016
Muskrat Falls: Protests, soaring costs and the making of a 'boondoggle'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Then-premier Kathy Dunderdale had a dismissive air when she rose in the legislature on Dec. 18, 2012, to answer another opposition question on Muskrat Falls. Her Progressive C...
Oct 23, 2016
University groups try to stave off offensive costumes in lead-up to Halloween
TORONTO - Geishas are out. Feathered headdresses are forbidden. And if you’re planning to wear a Bill Cosby or Caitlyn Jenner costume, you may not be welcome at your Halloween party of choice. A...
Oct 23, 2016
'Arctic has to be heard:' Inuit to make first address to world shipping group
A delegation of Arctic aboriginals that includes Canadian Inuit will use its first appearance before the group that regulates global shipping to argue that it shouldn’t be its last. “The v...
Oct 23, 2016
Trudeau's 'star power' unlikely to nab seat for Liberals in Alberta byelection
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - The Conservatives are hoping to rally their traditional power base to retain hold on a sprawling southern Alberta federal riding that hasn’t elected a Liberal MP in 48 year...
Oct 23, 2016
