Category Archives: Canada
Trudeau appoints his first climate change ambassador with revamped mandate
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tapped a long-time Canadian diplomat to step into a revamped role of Canada’s ambassador for climate change. Canada hasn’t had such an ambassador...
Jun 27, 2017
Ex-customs agent sentenced to 11 years in Quebec for role in cocaine case
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. - A former customs agent has been given an 11-year prison term for turning a blind eye to the importation of 182 kilograms of cocaine into Canada. A Quebec judge sentenc...
Jun 27, 2017
Delay rejected in lawsuit challenging solitary confinement on charter grounds
VANCOUVER - A leading civil liberties group says a judge has denied a request to delay a lawsuit that challenges the use of indefinite solitary confinement in federal prisons. The Attorney General of ...
Jun 27, 2017
Health Canada allows oral and nasal use of drugs at 2 B.C. consumption sites
VANCOUVER - Drug users at supervised consumption sites is Surrey, B.C., have been allowed to use substances orally and nasally, not just by injection, in the first such exemption approved by Health Ca...
Jun 27, 2017
E. coli outbreak linked to flour appears over, but product recalls continue
The Public Health Agency of Canada has wound down its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli linked to flour produced by Ardent Mills after people across the country became ill. But the Canadian Fo...
Jun 27, 2017
7 sickened by salmonella related to raw frozen breaded chicken in 4 provinces
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says a salmonella outbreak in four provinces has left seven people ill. It says the salmonella infections have been linked to frozen raw breaded chicken pro...
Jun 27, 2017
Charges laid alleging death threats against B.C.'s premier, Speaker
VICTORIA - A woman faces charges of uttering death threats aimed at Premier Christy Clark and Speaker of the legislature Steve Thomson over allegations she left threatening telephone messages at two K...
Jun 27, 2017
Toronto airport to host 150 live music shows to celebrate Canada 150
TORONTO - Travellers at Canada’s busiest airport will get to enjoy live music this summer as part of the country’s 150th birthday celebrations. The YYZ Live performance series at Toronto&#...
Jun 27, 2017
Alberta scientist mark Canada's birthday in a really, really small way
EDMONTON - Scientists at the University of Alberta are celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday on a nanoscale. They believe they have created the world’s smallest sculpture of a maple leaf, me...
Jun 27, 2017
No immediate end to testy relationship between Vancouver crow and Canada Post
VANCOUVER - Snow, rain and heat don’t stop mail carriers from making deliveries, but Canada Post draws the line at crows. The Crown corporation has stopped delivery to several homes on Vancouver...
Jun 27, 2017