Category Archives: Canada
Manitoba backs faith-based hospitals on issue of doctor-assisted death
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says it will not force faith-based hospitals to provide medical assistance in dying. The comment comes in response to a controversy over the reversal of a decision b...
Jun 19, 2017
B.C. Liberals to support ban on corporate, union donations to political parties
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s Liberals say they are now ready to take big money out of politics after rejecting calls for political fundraising reform for more than a decade. Attorney General An...
Jun 19, 2017
Commons committee issues indigenous suicide study with 28 recommendations
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee looking at the issue of indigenous suicide is urging the federal government to make sure aboriginal communities have resources available after hours and on weeken...
Jun 19, 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro says two killed in construction accident
COME BY CHANCE, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro confirmed Monday the deaths of two workers during construction of a transmission line just west of Come by Chance. The victims were employees of ...
Jun 19, 2017
List of honourees recognized for indigenous work by Gov. Gen. David Johnston
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. David Johnston acknowledged the importance of indigenous leadership Monday as he presented a number of awards during a ceremony at Rideau Hall. Here is a list of those honoured: Syl...
Jun 19, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, June 19 --- GOVERNOR GENERAL APOLOGIZES FOR INDIGENOUS REMARK: Gov. Gen. David Johnston apologized publicly Monday for referring to Indigenous Peoples as immi...
Jun 19, 2017
Ottawa launches $101-million gender-based violence strategy: by the numbers
OTTAWA - On Monday, Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef shed more light on which programs will get a share of the $101 million over five years - plus $21 million annually going forward - which the ...
Jun 19, 2017
Liberal ministers meet Lockheed Martin at Paris Air Show, snub Boeing
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government appears to have given aerospace giant Boeing the cold shoulder in Paris - the latest sign that the Liberal government’s plan to buy Super Hornet fighter jets coul...
Jun 19, 2017
Liberal legislation aimed at limiting how long inmates can be kept in solitary
OTTAWA - The federal government introduced legislation Monday to restrict the use of solitary confinement inside federal prisons and to better protect prisoners with mental illness or at risk of self-...
Jun 19, 2017
N.S. health authority agrees to meet with Lionel Desmond's family, sister says
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Nova Scotia’s health authority has agreed to meet with Lionel Desmond’s immediate family next week, almost six months after the former Canadian soldier fatally shot his ...
Jun 19, 2017