Category Archives: Canada
Liberals seeking trade deal with powerful Latin American trading bloc
OTTAWA - The federal government is reviving efforts to negotiate a trade agreement with a major Latin American trading bloc. The Global Affairs Department has opened consultations on a potential deal ...
Apr 28, 2017
Icy season: So far 673 icebergs counted in shipping lanes off Newfoundland
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland’s spectacular iceberg-viewing season continues to mean major hazards in North Atlantic shipping lanes. About 673 icebergs have drifted into North Atlantic s...
Apr 28, 2017
Saskatchewan Catholic School Boards Association to appeal ruling on funding
SASKATOON - The Saskatchewan Catholic School Boards Association says it will appeal a judge's decision to ban funding non-Catholic students in Catholic schools. The ruling released last week said the ...
Apr 28, 2017
Former Sally Ann executive found guilty of selling donations to black market
TORONTO - A former Salvation Army executive diverted truckloads of donations received by the charity to the black market as part of scheme to make money, a Toronto court has ruled. David Rennie was fo...
Apr 28, 2017
New Brunswick announces efforts to fight for continued Atlantic tariff exemption
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government is calling for an immediate start to negotiations between Canada and the United States to ensure softwood lumber from Atlantic Canada is exempt from counterv...
Apr 28, 2017
B.C. drunk driver gets more than eight years for killing three people
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man who killed two cyclists and a passenger in his own vehicle while driving drunk along a winding, mountain highway north of Whistler has been sentenced to eight years ...
Apr 28, 2017
Manitoba insurance takes back Star Trek fan's plate, says message offensive
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Public Insurance has revoked a Star Trek fan’s personalized licence plate after receiving complaints that its message - ASIMIL8 - is offensive to indigenous people. Nick Trol...
Apr 28, 2017
Federally-backed study on social impact of arts to be used to justify funding
OTTAWA - As the federal government looks to new ways to fund social programs, the arts community is looking for new ways of its own to justify why it deserves money. Officials in the arts sector and C...
Apr 28, 2017
Nova Scotia's governing Liberals pull campaign ad suggesting May 30 election
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier did his best to laugh off a gaffe apparently revealing the provincial election date, after a campaign video was posted to the Liberal party’s website Friday...
Apr 28, 2017
Ontario hopes its new youth pharmacare plan spurs national program
TORONTO - Ontario’s Liberal government hopes a youth drug coverage plan revealed in its budget this week will help spur a national program by showing Ottawa and other provinces that pharmacare i...
Apr 28, 2017