Category Archives: Canada
Committee backs Magnitsky law for Canada, honours Russian whistleblower
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is urging the federal government to expand its international sanctions law to include gross human rights violations - a move bound to further strain relations wit...
Apr 06, 2017
Report suggests up to 30 per cent of low-risk patients may be getting needless tests
TORONTO - A new report suggests nearly a third of Canadian patients might be undergoing testing that’s not necessary to diagnose or treat their health conditions. The study from the Canadian Ins...
Apr 06, 2017
Court documents implicate suspended admiral in suspected shipbuilding leak
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kept a safe distance Thursday from fresh revelations about a closely guarded national secret: the intrigue behind the suspension earlier this year of the Canadia...
Apr 06, 2017
Suspect in Shawinigan slayings charged with three counts of first-degree murder
SHAWINIGAN, Que. - A 51-year-old Quebec man was charged Thursday with killing three women in a town northeast of Montreal, at least two of whom were family members. Sylvain Duquette was charged with t...
Apr 06, 2017
Six stories in the news today, April 6
Six stories in the news for Thursday, April 6 --- PM TRUDEAU IN THE U.S. AGAIN Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in New York City with a full agenda. He’ll meet the CEO of YouTube and the new sec...
Apr 06, 2017
For Bernier, freedom's just another word for why he's going to win leadership
OTTAWA - Freedom is at the heart of Maxime Bernier’s platform in his campaign for the leadership of the federal Conservatives. The MP and former cabinet minister rails at length at what he calls...
Apr 06, 2017
U.S. strikes Assad targets; Canada mum on abrupt Syria shift
NEW YORK - A ghastly chemical attack pushed the Syrian civil war toward a dramatic turning point, with the new U.S. administration launching a missile strike against the regime of Bashar Assad in a su...
Apr 06, 2017
Big deficit, mounting debt but no tax hikes in Newfoundland and Labrador budget
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Taxpayers who helped pull Newfoundland and Labrador from a fiscal cliff got a slight break in the latest provincial budget, but debt will soar even as costs are slightly cut. ...
Apr 06, 2017
Calgary mass killer feels the pain of relatives of victims; vows to not relapse
CALGARY - A Calgary man who killed five people with a knife is blaming the crimes on his mental illness and is trying to reassure the victim’s families that he is getting better. Matthew de Groo...
Apr 06, 2017
U.S. Homeland Security head expressed little concern about border with Canada
WASHINGTON - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly offered more soothing words Wednesday for Canadians concerned about border security when he appeared before a Senate committee and was asked wh...
Apr 06, 2017