Category Archives: Canada
Liberals nominate Madeleine Meilleur as official languages commissioner
OTTAWA - Former Ontario cabinet minister Madeleine Meilleur has formally been nominated as the country’s official languages commissioner. Both the House of Commons and the Senate will have to ap...
May 15, 2017

Rona Ambrose expected to resign seat in House of Commons by summer
OTTAWA - Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose is expected to resign her seat in the House of Commons this summer, sources confirmed Monday. The longtime Alberta MP has been serving as the temporar...
May 15, 2017
How much per gram? Provinces, feds to start debating price tag on legal pot
OTTAWA - Governments from across the country will meet next month to debate a key question about Canada’s eventual recreational-marijuana market - how much should users pay for their pot? Federa...
May 15, 2017
Man offers 'apology beer' after drunken break-in attempt at Halifax apartment
HALIFAX - An attempted break-in at a Halifax apartment has resulted in an unexpected apology - and a six-pack of “apology beer.” Caitlynne Hines said a drunk man attempted to enter her nor...
May 15, 2017

New U.S. trade czar: Trump will be remembered as an all-time great president
WASHINGTON - Never mind his reported blabbing about secret intelligence to a foreign adversary, low approval numbers, lack of signature legislation, hints of another major staff shakeup and multiple i...
May 15, 2017

The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, May 15 --- INDEFINITE IMMIGRATION DETENTION UNDER FIRE: Canada’s immigration regime allows for indefinite and arbitrary detention and is therefore uncon...
May 15, 2017
Defence presenting case at sentencing hearing of youth who stabbed ex-girlfriend
REGINA - A sentencing hearing for a man who stabbed his former girlfriend to death when they were both 16 is hearing about what his life has been like in custody. Hannah Leflar was stabbed with a hunt...
May 15, 2017
Regulator renews TV licences, imposes roadblocks for shutting local stations
OTTAWA - Canada’s big TV ownership groups will have to jump over new hurdles if they want to shutter any of their local TV stations, according to licence renewals granted Monday by the country...
May 15, 2017
Federal cabinet to have oversight in infrastructure bank deals: Morneau
OTTAWA - The Trudeau cabinet will have a say in approving infrastructure projects evaluated by a new agency designed to merge billions in public and private cash - even though it’s supposed to o...
May 15, 2017
Ad featuring Ben Johnson making light of doping draws criticism in Australia
TORONTO - A new Australian commercial that features disgraced Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson making light of doping has drawn criticism from the country’s sport minister and prompted its anti-dop...
May 15, 2017