Category Archives: Canada
Freeland speech to trumpet Canadian tolerance, but no shouting at Trump please
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the world wants Canada to trumpet tolerance and diversity. That’s her plan for what is being billed as a major foreign policy speech earl...
May 22, 2017
Tories say Nova Scotia's health-care 'crisis' will decide the election
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Tory leader is framing the provincial election as a referendum on health care, but his main opponents say his party’s policies lack the substance to win on that ter...
May 22, 2017
Canadian actor Adam Beach walks a fine line as an ambassador for Canada 150
WINNIPEG - Canadian actor Adam Beach finds himself walking a fine line after agreeing to be an ambassador for the federal government’s Canada 150 celebrations. Beach, who overcame a troubled chi...
May 22, 2017
T-minus two weeks: Washington braces for impact of Comey comet
Washington is bracing for a high-impact political spectacle. The question on everyone’s mind: Whether this incoming political asteroid lands wide of the White House, or slams into it and causes ...
May 22, 2017
Russia scandal: Why a Washington museum wants the Democratic party's server
WASHINGTON - Most of Washington is animated by chatter about the future of the Trump presidency, and whether it might be washed away by the constant drip, drip, drip of leaks related to the Russia ele...
May 22, 2017
Healthy pets sometimes euthanized for owners' convenience: veterinary groups
HALIFAX - Animal advocates are calling for an end to the euthanization of healthy pets purely for their owners’ convenience, a practice Canadian veterinarians acknowledge is an unfortunate fact ...
May 22, 2017
Mentally ill dad who killed three kids up for review in British Columbia
VANCOUVER - The case of a British Columbia man found not criminally responsible for killing his three children because of a mental illness is up for review, two years after a provincial board opened t...
May 22, 2017
Canadian CF-18 Hornet fighter jets to begin patrolling in Iceland today
Canadian CF-18 fighter jets will begin patrolling Iceland’s airspace today as part of Canada’s contribution to NATO. The operation is intended to identify and intercept aircraft that appro...
May 22, 2017
Hello! Drake breaks Adele's record at Billboard Music Awards
Hello, Drake has surpassed Adele’s record at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, picking up 13 awards. Adele set a record at the show in 2012 with 12 wins. The rapper, who walked into the...
May 21, 2017
Canada, 10 other countries will move forward on a new TPP after US withdrawal
Canada and 10 other countries agreed this weekend to re-evaluate the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the controversial trade deal that has been assumed dead since the U.S. pulled out in January. However a ...
May 21, 2017