Category Archives: Canada

Alberta's right united again: PCs and Wildrose approve merger of two parties
RED DEER, Alta. - Alberta’s political landscape profoundly shifted Saturday as its two main conservative parties - enemies for a decade - overwhelmingly agreed to end their feud and work as one ...
Jul 22, 2017

Trudeau becomes first sitting prime minister to march in Halifax Pride parade
HALIFAX - Throngs of people lined the streets of downtown Halifax Saturday to see a sitting prime minister walk in the city’s Pride parade for the first time. The rainbow-clad crowd erupted in c...
Jul 22, 2017
Credit agency pushes feds to give it access to list of social insurance numbers
OTTAWA - An international credit reporting agency is pushing the federal government to give it access to a monthly list of new social insurance numbers despite years of rejections over privacy concern...
Jul 22, 2017
Man faces charges after allegedly chasing down parking officer who ticketed him
Toronto police say a 27-year-old man was charged with assault after he allegedly threatened and chased down a parking enforcement officer with his car. Investigators say the officer saw an unnocupied ...
Jul 22, 2017
Transgender inmate in B.C. wins right to move to a federal prison for women
VANCOUVER - A transgender inmate in British Columbia has won a years-long battle to serve the remainder of her sentence for first-degree murder at a women’s prison. Fallon Aubee is one of the fi...
Jul 22, 2017
No winning ticket for Friday night's $10 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million dollar jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on July 28 will grow to approximately $15 millio...
Jul 22, 2017

Federal government to supply more funds for B.C. wildfire response
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The federal government is promising more funding to support residents affected by raging wildfires in British Columbia as some of the thousands of people displaced prepare to return h...
Jul 22, 2017
Immigration officials working on case of Winnipeg Yazidi woman and injured son
WINNIPEG - Officials in Ottawa say they are working to help reunite a Yazidi woman living in Winnipeg with her 12-year-old son, who was recently freed from captivity with Iraqi militants and is recove...
Jul 21, 2017
Metrolinx abandons court appeal but won't let Bombardier bid to operate GO trains
MONTREAL - Ontario’s transit agency has decided not to appeal a court ruling favouring Bombardier but will exclude the Montreal-based company from bidding to continue operating GO Transit trains...
Jul 21, 2017

Al Gore praises Trudeau on climate change - but says there's room for improvement
TORONTO - While Al Gore has plenty of praise for Justin Trudeau’s efforts to combat climate change, he says there’s still room for improvement on the prime minister’s environmental a...
Jul 21, 2017