Category Archives: Canada
Andre De Grasse juggles newfound stardom with world championship preparation
TORONTO - Two nights after Andre De Grasse powered Canada to a gold medal at the IAAF World Relays in the Bahamas, the 22-year-old was tucked away in the corner of a rooftop bar in Toronto’s ups...
Apr 26, 2017
Mayors ask feds to ensure provinces offer more cash for transit projects
OTTAWA - The mayors of Canada’s biggest cities are asking the federal government to prod their provincial counterparts to pony up more cash for transit projects. In a letter sent this week to In...
Apr 26, 2017
New Brunswick government adding Family Day holiday starting in 2018
FREDERICTON - New Brunswickers are getting another paid holiday. Premier Brian Gallant has announced that starting next year, New Brunswick will observe Family Day on the third Monday of February. He ...
Apr 26, 2017
Nova Scotia spending $390 million to twin key highways, without road tolls
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government’s decision Wednesday to commit $390 million over seven years to improve highways was welcomed with relief by the chief of a small rural fire department in th...
Apr 26, 2017
Vice-admiral leaked cabinet secrets to help ensure supply ship contract: RCMP
OTTAWA - The military’s second-in-command leaked cabinet secrets to a shipbuilding executive as a means of pressuring the Liberal government to approve a $700-million contract, the RCMP alleges ...
Apr 26, 2017
Freeland sees softwood progress as Canada-U.S. wage 'polite, amicable' trade war
OTTAWA - Anyone looking for a political decoder for how the Trudeau government might be interpreting Donald Trump’s latest spate of anti-Canadian trade rhetoric could do worse than American come...
Apr 26, 2017
Five facts about the crane rescue operation in Toronto
TORONTO - A woman who climbed up a construction crane and onto a dangling pulley in Toronto was rescued Wednesday morning after a dramatic hours-long operation. Here are five things to know about the ...
Apr 26, 2017
'Bee Nation' director aims to break down stereotypes about First Nations
TORONTO - How do you spell “empowering?” It’s a word Lana Slezic uses often as she describes her new documentary “Bee Nation,” which is the opening-night film for the Hot...
Apr 26, 2017
Woman rescued from crane at Toronto construction site faces 6 mischief charges
TORONTO - A woman who spent hours suspended high above a construction site after scaling a crane in downtown Toronto was rescued by being strapped to a rappelling firefighter and lowered to the ground...
Apr 26, 2017
The Populism Project: could border crossers prompt political shift?
OTTAWA - “Help keep our borders safe,” read a recent fundraising pitch from the federal Conservative party - a plea the official Opposition is linking directly to the increased flow of asy...
Apr 26, 2017