Category Archives: Canada
Group asks court to expedite refugee status for "Snowden's Guardian Angels"
OTTAWA - A group of lawyers are hoping the courts will force the federal government to speed up refugee applications for three families who helped hide former CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong ...
Jul 17, 2017
Premiers forge ahead with Indigenous meeting despite boycott by three groups
EDMONTON - Canada’s premiers met with a reduced group of Indigenous leaders Monday after three national bodies - including the Assembly of First Nations - boycotted the event. Alberta Premier Ra...
Jul 17, 2017
200th anniversary approaches of treaty that led to founding of Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - A treaty regarded by some as the founding document of Winnipeg is about to mark a milestone anniversary. The 1817 Peguis-Selkirk Treaty was signed 200 years ago this Tuesday. The treaty est...
Jul 17, 2017
B.C. fire smoke wafts into Alberta, Saskatchewan; air quality advisories issued
CALGARY - Wildfires burning in British Columbia have been causing smoky conditions in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Alberta Health Services issued precautionary air-quality advisories for its north and Ca...
Jul 17, 2017
Final 11 accused in big Mob bust in Quebec see charges stayed by judge
MONTREAL - The last 11 people accused in a massive Quebec Mob bust dubbed Project Clemenza saw the charges against them stayed Monday at the request of the prosecution. A spokesperson for the Public P...
Jul 17, 2017
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau urges girls to have confidence in themselves
WASHINGTON - Sophie Gregoire Trudeau kicked off a United Nations-led girls’ conference in Washington with a pep talk Monday, urging young women to believe in themselves and in their ability to s...
Jul 17, 2017
Quebec mayor whose citizens rejected Muslim cemetery won't reintroduce project
MONTREAL - There are no plans to use a new Quebec law in order to reintroduce the Muslim cemetery project in Saint-Apollinaire, the town’s mayor said Monday, a day after voters rejected the prop...
Jul 17, 2017
WestJet plane hit by green laser on approach to airport in Charlottetown: police
CHARLOTTETOWN - RCMP are investigating a report of a green laser being directed into the cockpit of a commercial aircraft as it approached the airport in Charlottetown. Police said the WestJet passeng...
Jul 17, 2017
Generic drug deal to save Quebec more than $300 million yearly: Barrette
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it will save more than $300 million a year on generic drugs after reaching a deal with the association representing Canada’s generic pharmaceutical companie...
Jul 17, 2017
Group uses technology to try creating most accessible neighbourhood
TORONTO - Canada’s most high-profile organization supporting people with vision loss is turning to technology in a bid to create what it calls the country’s most accessible neighbourhood. ...
Jul 17, 2017