Category Archives: Canada
National Defence makes limited progress in finding more procurement staff
OTTAWA - National Defence has made limited progress on the Liberal government’s promise to hire hundreds of additional staff to manage the military’s many complex procurement projects. A s...
Mar 16, 2017
From critical raves to Trudeau visit, a whirlwind week for 'Come From Away'
The Canadian creators behind “Come From Away” were already riding an emotional high after opening night on Broadway, but some unexpected news gave them another reason to cheer. The lively ...
Mar 16, 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador faces $1.6B deficit as budget set for April 6
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador’s Finance Minister Cathy Bennett has set budget day for April 6 in a fiscal climate she says is “very serious.” The oil price crash...
Mar 16, 2017
Canada Goose CEO vows to continue using animal fur, company shares soar in IPO
TORONTO - The head of Canada Goose vowed Thursday to keep using animal fur in its parkas rather than bow to activist pressure as shares of the luxury brand soared nearly 27 per cent in its initial pub...
Mar 16, 2017
14 members of B.C. legislature spend final day in the house as election looms
VICTORIA - Gordie Hogg says he’ll never forget the night he almost burned down British Columbia’s legislature. It happened during one of the building’s infamous all-night debates whe...
Mar 16, 2017
Manitoba Tory government now showing its 'true colours': analyst
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government served notice Thursday it is set to follow through on promises to curb public-sector wages, reduce the number of health care bargaining ...
Mar 16, 2017
Former Mountie who tortured son apologizes for being 'a monster'
OTTAWA - Facing a possible 23 years behind bars, a former Mountie who tortured and starved his young son in the basement of the family’s suburban Ottawa home apologized Thursday for being “...
Mar 16, 2017
Nunavut court approves legal funding for pedophile priest Eric Dejaeger
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut court says public money should pay for a lawyer to argue the appeal of a former priest serving a 19-year sentence for sexually abusing dozens of Inuit children. Eric Dejae...
Mar 16, 2017
Chong poster on Guatemala bathroom wall as cardboard PM pops up in U.S.
OTTAWA - If cleanliness is next to godliness, Conservative leadership contender Michael Chong is all-powerful - at least in Guatemala. The MP has become the poster boy for spotless public washrooms in...
Mar 16, 2017
Charges against Canadian arrested in Yahoo hack may be 'politically motivated': lawyer
A lawyer for a Canadian man of Kazakh origins arrested as one of four suspects in a massive hack of Yahoo emails said Thursday that the charges against his client may be “politically motivated b...
Mar 16, 2017