Category Archives: Canada

Constituency stands by beleaguered Alberta politician, decries 'mud-slinging'
CALGARY - A constituency association in southern Alberta is standing behind the area’s embattled member of the legislature who has resigned from his party’s caucus following a bevy of nega...
Aug 16, 2017
NAFTA: Early indications suggest autos will emerge as U.S. priority No. 1
WASHINGTON - Early indications are pointing to a potential No. 1 issue for the U.S. in a renegotiated NAFTA: automobiles. What’s not clear yet is whether it will go from being important to being...
Aug 16, 2017

Andrew Scheer's free speech pledge wouldn't apply in Toronto case: spokesman
OTTAWA - A pledge by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to yank federal funding from universities that fail to uphold free speech wouldn’t apply to a decision by the University of Toronto to ban ...
Aug 16, 2017
New report points to 10 areas to help reverse overdose death toll in B.C.
VANCOUVER - The BC Centre for Disease Control is calling for the expansion of prescription opioids in place of contaminated street drugs as a way to combat the province’s overdose death crisis. ...
Aug 16, 2017

In U.S., Canadian minister says: 'It's important to speak up, condemn' racism
WASHINGTON - The foreign ministers of Canada and the United States have jointly condemned the racist-fuelled violence in Charlottesville, Va., with Chrystia Freeland adding that people have a responsi...
Aug 16, 2017

Ex-CFL player Arland Bruce III asks Supreme Court to allow concussion lawsuit
VANCOUVER - A former Canadian Football League star receiver who says he sustained “permanent and disabling” repetitive head trauma as a player has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to allo...
Aug 16, 2017

U.S. magazine talks up friendship between senior Trudeau, Trump advisers
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been getting a lot of attention from international media, but now the spotlight has landed on his senior adviser, Gerald Butts, and his dealings with a conte...
Aug 16, 2017
Petition urges head of Indigenous veterans group to resign after online posts
SASKATOON - There are calls for the head of an Indigenous veterans group to step down because of controversial social media posts about gay people, Muslims and women. Jesse Donovan, who was a reservis...
Aug 16, 2017
B.C.'s wildfire season surpasses 1958 record for amount of land burned
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia’s wildfires have destroyed a record amount of forest, brush and grassland, surpassing the devastation of nearly 60 years ago. Kevin Skrepnek with the BC Wildfir...
Aug 16, 2017
Residents file court challenge of tire-burning pilot project in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - A group of residents who live near a cement plant that plans to burn tires as fuel has launched a court challenge arguing the Nova Scotia government’s approval of the project violated ...
Aug 16, 2017