Category Archives: Canada
Feds can keep border agency info secret in Chinese refugee-claim case
OTTAWA - The federal government can keep a lid of secrecy on information a Chinese refugee claimant says could be vital to his case. In a ruling made public Thursday, Federal Court Justice Simon Fothe...
Mar 23, 2017
Toronto's wandering capybaras - Bonnie and Clyde - have 3 pups: zoo says
Toronto’s wandering capybaras are now parents. The High Park Zoo said Thursday in a birth announcement that the rodent couple - who escaped last year and were on the lam for several weeks - have...
Mar 23, 2017
Victoria police chief to undergo disciplinary hearings on misconduct allegations
Victoria’s suspended police chief is to face disciplinary hearings on allegations of inappropriate behaviour toward female staff and breach of trust involving his conduct with an officer’s...
Mar 23, 2017
Canada gets green light to join controversial China-led infrastructure bank
OTTAWA - Canada has been approved to join a controversial new international infrastructure bank led by China. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank says Canada is among 13 applicants approved for m...
Mar 23, 2017

Finance minister defends military budget; forces 'appropriately provisioned'
OTTAWA - The federal finance minister is standing by the amount of money the Liberal government currently spends on defence, saying the military is “appropriately provisioned” to address C...
Mar 23, 2017

NewsAlert:TransCanada gets State Department's OK for Keystone XL pipeline
CALGARY - TransCanada says it has received a presidential permit from the U.S. State Department that allows it to build the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline. More coming The Canadian Press
Mar 23, 2017
Toronto school board to stop booking new U.S. travel over border restrictions
TORONTO - Canada’s largest school board says it will stop booking trips to the United States indefinitely in light of the uncertainty surrounding restrictions at the border. The Toronto District...
Mar 23, 2017
Quebec national assembly adopts motion critical of federal budget
QUEBEC - The Quebec national assembly adopted a motion Thursday expressing the province’s “great disappointment” with the federal budget. It passed by a 95-0 margin, with two abstent...
Mar 23, 2017

Saskatchewan Justice reviewing whether charges warranted in Husky oil spill
REGINA - Saskatchewan’s Justice Ministry is reviewing Husky Energy’s response to alarms before a major oil spill last summer to determine whether charges are warranted. The department is a...
Mar 23, 2017
Halifax police charge N.B. man with murder in death of woman 12 years ago
HALIFAX - A New Brunswick man has been charged with second-degree murder almost 12 years after the body of a 26-year-old woman was found in a Halifax apartment. Investigators in the cold case unit of ...
Mar 23, 2017