Category Archives: Canada
First Nations leaders call for RCMP to probe recent Thunder Bay teen deaths
TORONTO - Deep distrust of police in a northwestern Ontario city has prompted area indigenous chiefs to ask for the RCMP to investigate the recent deaths of teens in the community. Three chiefs travel...
May 31, 2017
Feds still committed to Paris Accord, Environment Minister McKenna says
TORONTO - As the U.S. flirts with fleeing the Paris climate-change accord, Canada is aligning itself with the world’s other two largest economies to take a global leadership role in the effort t...
May 31, 2017
Documents raise new questions about taxpayer risk in Liberal infrastructure bank
OTTAWA - Federal investments doled out through the government’s new infrastructure financing agency may be used to ensure a financial return to private investors if a project fails to generate e...
May 31, 2017
Quebec police seize drugs, weapons and arrest 36 people in biker raids
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police said they arrested 36 people Wednesday in connection with an alleged drug trafficking network operated by the Hells Angels and their associates in the province̵...
May 31, 2017
Provincial police investigating after suspicious fire at Quebec City jail
QUEBEC - Provincial police are investigating an alleged arson inside a Quebec City jail. Firefighters were called to the detention centre at around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday after inmates allegedly set fire t...
May 31, 2017
Nova Scotia voter turnout at all-time low: 'Disillusionment is a factor'
HALIFAX - Voter turnout in Nova Scotia slumped to an all-time low in Tuesday’s provincial election, with just over half of eligible voters casting ballots. Fewer than 54 per cent of eligible vot...
May 31, 2017
Sajjan blasts Boeing in defence industry speech over trade spat with Bombardier
OTTAWA - As he highlighted the defence industry as a driver of economic growth, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan also used a major speech Wednesday to blast American firm Boeing for picking a trade spat...
May 31, 2017
Re-elected McNeil signals tough line with N.S. unions, new help for health
HALIFAX - A day after winning Nova Scotia’s first back-to-back majority governments in nearly 30 years, Premier Stephen McNeil signalled he will continue to take a tough line with the province&#...
May 31, 2017
N.B. drivers will have to keep distance from cyclists under 'Ellen's Law'
FREDERICTON - Drivers in New Brunswick will have to abide by a new law that comes into effect Thursday in honour of a competitive cyclist killed while biking in the province. The amendment to the Moto...
May 31, 2017
U.S. softwood lumber duties to cost 2,200 jobs, Conference Board of Canada says
MONTREAL - The Conference Board of Canada says U.S. softwood lumber duties will cut $700 million from Canadian exports over two years and result in the reduction of 2,200 jobs. The board released a re...
May 31, 2017