Category Archives: Canada
Canada to pledge up to $200 million in loans to Iraq fundraising conference
OTTAWA - Canada will open its wallet to help Iraq’s shattered economy when it co-hosts a major meeting in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the Middle East country’s current and long-term...
Jul 19, 2016
Three quick facts about the government's new Canada child benefit
OTTAWA - The federal government’s new child benefit will arrive in bank accounts and mailboxes starting Wednesday, and replaces the universal child care benefit, the Canada child tax benefit and...
Jul 19, 2016
A look by province at the anti-poverty effects of the new child benefit
OTTAWA - The federal government’s new child benefit that rolls out this week is expected to lift almost 300,000 children out of poverty by 2017. That’s being measured by looking at how man...
Jul 19, 2016
Link between laid-off Canadians and post-secondary education: Statistics Canada
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada study says there are significant correlations between job layoffs and full-time enrolment in post-secondary education. To help illustrate its findings, the report rele...
Jul 19, 2016
Half of aboriginal families on reserve could miss new federal child benefit
OTTAWA - Half of the country’s aboriginal families living on reserve could miss out on the federal government’s new child benefit aimed at raising hundreds of thousands of Canadians out of...
Jul 19, 2016
Winnipeg woman accused of hiding baby remains had affair: trial witness
WINNIPEG - A woman accused of concealing the remains of six infants in a storage locker had a long-term, extra-marital affair that led to a pregnancy, a former friend testified Tuesday. Lyn Burdett to...
Jul 19, 2016
Alleged election- night shooter says memory came back at 2nd interrogation
MONTREAL - Less than two days after Quebec’s 2012 election-night shooting, accused murderer Richard Henry Bain moved quickly to protect his legal rights and fumed as a detective quizzed him on h...
Jul 19, 2016
Opposition wants details of alleged sharing of photo of dead home-care resident
CHARLOTTETOWN - The P.E.I. government is under fire for its handling of a privacy breach in which photos taken of residents of a long term care home were shared on social media. A CBC report says one ...
Jul 19, 2016
Attached to the Hip: Artists reflect on the legacy of Canada's prolific rockers
TORONTO - Friday marks the start of what’s expected to be a bittersweet chapter in the history of one of Canada’s most iconic bands. Two months after the Tragically Hip revealed lead singe...
Jul 19, 2016
Made-in-Canada approach to opioid addiction gets nod from prominent medical journal
VANCOUVER - A made-in-Canada approach to treating opioid addiction is garnering positive international attention from one of the world’s most widely circulated medical publications. The Journal ...
Jul 19, 2016
