Category Archives: Canada
The ball is in B.C. Premier Christy Clark's court, political scientists say
VANCOUVER - All eyes are on Premier Christy Clark after Monday’s announcement that British Columbia’s New Democrats have reached an agreement with the Green party to form a minority govern...
May 29, 2017
Justin Cox, former Saskatchewan Roughrider, found not guilty of assault
REGINA - A player who was cut from the Saskatchewan Roughriders football team over an alleged incident of domestic violence has been found not guilty of assault causing bodily harm. And Justin Cox, 24...
May 29, 2017
Ex-student leader wins Montreal riding of Gouin for left-leaning Quebec solidaire
MONTREAL - Former Quebec student leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois strolled to victory for Quebec solidaire in a provincial byelection in the Montreal riding of Gouin on Monday. Nadeau-Dubois, 26, dominate...
May 29, 2017
Five things to know about new Conservative leader Andrew Scheer's policies
OTTAWA - Well known on Parliament Hill after four years as Speaker of the House of Commons during Stephen Harper’s majority government, those outside the national capital may know little about n...
May 29, 2017
Greens-NDP agree to form B.C. minority government
VICTORIA – A deal has been reached that paves the way for the NDP to form a minority government in British Columbia with support from the Green party. NDP Leader John Horgan and Andrew Weaver of...
May 29, 2017
Trans Mountain IPO to proceed despite B.C. Green-NDP deal, Kinder Morgan says
CALGARY - Kinder Morgan says it expects to proceed Tuesday with its initial public offering for the Trans Mountain expansion, just as the anti-pipeline Greens and NDP in B.C. announced they have come ...
May 29, 2017
Calgary man charged in deaths of woman and young daughter to stand trial
CALGARY - A provincial court judge has ordered a Calgary man to stand trial in the killing of a woman and her five-year-old daughter. Edward Downey is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in...
May 29, 2017
NAFTA talks to start in August: Here's what the calendar looks like
WASHINGTON - The Canadian government says it expects negotiations to start this summer for a new North American Free Trade Agreement: “NAFTA negotiations will start in August - not September,...
May 29, 2017
Hearing expected in B.C. human rights case involving transgender inmate
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a transgender woman who was forced to stay in a men’s jail says his client hopes her human rights case against the British Columbia government will change policies for o...
May 29, 2017
CMAJ editorial blisters Liberal government over age limit in legalized-pot plan
OTTAWA - An editorial in the latest Canadian Medical Association Journal says the Trudeau government’s plan to legalize marijuana will put young people at risk by setting 18 as the benchmark min...
May 29, 2017