Category Archives: Canada
Government must have power in approval of infrastructure bank deals: Barton
OTTAWA - The man who played a lead role in drawing up the blueprint for Canada’s proposed infrastructure bank says the agency should not be completely independent of political oversight. Cabinet...
May 19, 2017
Trudeau Liberals delay gun-marking regulations despite election promise
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is delaying implementation of firearm-marking regulations intended to help police trace guns used in crimes - despite a 2015 campaign pledge to immediately enact them. ...
May 19, 2017
Report blames 'system' rather than individuals for weak response to Quebec storm
MONTREAL - Politicians and police in Quebec are promising to do better after an investigator blamed the government’s response system for the debacle on a city highway last March that left 300 mo...
May 19, 2017
Trudeau to ask Pope to apologize for residential schools in Canada
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to ask Pope Francis for a formal apology for the role of the Catholic Church in the residential school system when the two meet during a private audi...
May 19, 2017
Wolf beats beaver in Calgary Zoo's contest for Canada's Greatest Animal
CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo says the grey wolf has won a vote to be Canada’s Greatest Animal. The zoo says the grey wolf received over 3,000 of more than 11,000 online votes in a campaign launched...
May 19, 2017
Halifax police rescue dogs from sweltering car, give owner steep fine
HALIFAX - It was Halifax police who let the dogs out - and then fined their owner almost $1,750 for allegedly leaving them in a sweltering car. Passersby spotted the dogs at 12:40 p.m. Thursday on Cly...
May 19, 2017
Ontario teacher who had sexual encounters with students sentenced to two years
BELLEVILLE, Ont. - An Ontario middle-school teacher who had sexual encounters with several students and traded nude photos with them has been sentenced to two years in prison. Jaclyn McLaren pleaded g...
May 19, 2017
Canada always prevails in U.S. softwood dispute and will again, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - A made-in-Canada solution to help softwood producers and workers weather the storm of U.S. duties has been delayed at least until the end of May. It has been almost a month since the U.S. Dep...
May 19, 2017
Canada holds to 'spirit' of drug treaties with legal pot: McLellan
OTTAWA - A former Liberal cabinet minister who led a federally appointed task force on legalizing cannabis says Canada’s plan to greenlight the drug for recreational use is in keeping with the s...
May 19, 2017
Security consultations suggest preference for freedoms over new powers
OTTAWA - Protection of individual rights and freedoms trumped the idea of additional powers for security agencies and police among participants in federal consultations on national security, says a ne...
May 19, 2017