Category Archives: Canada
Conservative party out-fundraises the Liberals, despite leadership contest
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives showed off their fundraising prowess during the first three months of the year, raking in almost twice as much as the governing Liberals despite being in the midst o...
May 01, 2017
Canada 200M tonnes away from meeting international emissions promise
OTTAWA - Canada has just 13 years to cut almost 200 million tonnes of yearly carbon emissions if it hopes to meet its 2015 international climate treaty obligations. Such a reduction would be the equiv...
May 01, 2017
Police say explosions in downtown Toronto caused by hydro vault fire
TORONTO - A series of blasts in Toronto’s financial district that shut down the area Monday and sent commuters scrambling was caused by an overheated hydro vault fire, said officials. The first ...
May 01, 2017
Man sentenced to 23 years for two 'brutal' sexual assaults in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - A man was sentenced to 23 years in prison Monday for randomly attacking two women in separate sexual assaults that left both victims with severe physical and emotional trauma. Justin Hudson...
May 01, 2017
Stephane Dion made ambassador to Germany, but only 'special envoy' to EU
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says former Liberal leader Stephane Dion will be Canadian ambassador to Germany - but not to the European Union and Europe, where he will now serve instead as a ...
May 01, 2017
Parliamentary reforms: what's gone, what's still on and what might come later
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has backed down on some of its more contentious proposals for changing the ins and outs of parliamentary procedure, while promising to push ahead with the ones in their...
May 01, 2017
Louis Vuitton lawsuit could help other brands fight counterfeiting: experts
TORONTO - A lawsuit filed by luxury fashion retailer Louis Vuitton against a Toronto flea market could potentially give brands a long-awaited hand in cracking down on counterfeiters, intellectual prop...
May 01, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, May 1 --- TORIES ACCUSE SAJJAN OF ‘STOLEN VALOUR’: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding fast amid angry calls for Harjit Sajjan’s resign...
May 01, 2017
Jackman faces 6 counts of exceeding federal political donation limits
OTTAWA - A former lieutenant-governor of Ontario has been charged with six counts of wilfully exceeding federal political donation limits, including contributing more than legally allowed to Justin Tr...
May 01, 2017
Manitoba sets up reception centre for asylum-seeking border crossers
GRETNA, Man. - The Manitoba government is transforming a former seniors residence into a reception centre for asylum-seekers who walk across the border. The centre is being set up in Gretna, Man., an ...
May 01, 2017