Category Archives: Canada
Little baloney in Carr's assertion that Canada has won softwood challenges
OTTAWA - “There were court challenges in these other disputes. We have won them all.” - Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr on April 25. - Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr has been offe...
May 18, 2017

Pilots had no idea jet was too low until seconds before Halifax crash: report
HALIFAX - As Air Canada Flight 624 made its final, ill-fated approach toward Halifax’s main airport in a raging blizzard, no one in the cockpit was checking the plane’s altitude or distanc...
May 18, 2017
Confident McNeil fends off attacks in Nova Scotia leaders' debate
HALIFAX - Liberal Premier Stephen McNeil fended off multiple attacks on his record Thursday as Nova Scotia’s major-party leaders clashed over health care, education and the economy during the fi...
May 18, 2017

Pros of random breath testing justifies infringing rights: constitutional expert
OTTAWA - The foremost constitutional authority in Canada once argued that random breath testing - similar to what the Liberals proposed to crack down on impaired driving - would infringe Charter right...
May 18, 2017
Nine stories in the news today, May 18
Nine stories in the news for Thursday, May 18 --- CANADA BACKS CALL FOR MAGNITSKY ACT Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government has agreed to create a so-called Magnitsky Act to e...
May 18, 2017

'I'm sorry man:' Teen gunman in La Loche school shooting had regrets
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - A teen gunman who killed four people at a home and in a school in northern Saskatchewan told police he had regrets about the shooting. Dayne and Drayden Fontaine were killed at th...
May 18, 2017

Constitution gives Ottawa right to impose carbon price on provinces: McKenna
Ottawa is completely within its rights to impose a carbon tax on any province because protecting the environment falls under federal jurisdiction, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Thursday....
May 18, 2017
Former PCO boss eyes border agency watchdog options for Trudeau Liberals
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has hired a former top public servant to study options for more robust oversight of Canada’s border agency - the latest sign the agency could soon have new people...
May 18, 2017
Study cites significant challenge in detecting terrorism financing in crowdfunds
TORONTO - Canada’s money-laundering watchdog is studying the use of crowdfunding platforms by suspected terrorists and says in an internal study that the reporting protocol poses a “signif...
May 18, 2017

Kevin O'Leary would play a role in Maxime Bernier-led Conservative party
OTTAWA - Celebrity businessman Kevin O’Leary dropped out of the Conservative leadership race and pledged to back Quebec MP Maxime Bernier’s campaign all the way to decision day, but the du...
May 18, 2017