Category Archives: Canada
Liberals pour billions in to child care in political bid to win over families
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to spend $7 billion over the next decade to help ease the burden of child care costs, part of a slew of new long-term spending targeting families. The details out...
Mar 22, 2017
Highlights of federal budget tabled Wednesday by Finance Minister Bill Morneau
OTTAWA - Highlights from the 2017 federal budget tabled Wednesday by Finance Minister Bill Morneau: - Employment insurance premiums are going up five cents to $1.68 per every $100 of insurable earning...
Mar 22, 2017
Budget 2017: Liberals try to ease anxiety and get Canada ready for the future
OTTAWA - The future is coming at you, fast, and the Liberal government says it knows you’re getting anxious - and potentially angry. Finance Minister Bill Morneau delivered a federal budget Wedn...
Mar 22, 2017
B.C., Czech museums, Indigenous groups work to find cultural treasures abroad
VICTORIA - Museum officials in British Columbia and the Czech Republic have signed an agreement to better track First Nations artifacts held beyond provincial borders. The deal was signed between the ...
Mar 22, 2017
Bertrand Charest doesn't deny having had sex with some students: lawyer
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - Bertrand Charest doesn’t deny having had sex with some of his teenage ski students but disagrees with his portrayal by the Crown and his alleged victims, one of his lawyers ...
Mar 22, 2017
B.C.'s top judge says system needs 'shock therapy' to improve access to justice
VANCOUVER - A dose of “shock therapy” is needed to reform Canada’s justice system, which is failing to meet the legal needs of everyday people, British Columbia’s top judge say...
Mar 22, 2017
Nova Scotia intimate-photo case results in guilty pleas from all six accused
HALIFAX - Six male teenagers in Nova Scotia pleaded guilty Wednesday to sharing intimate images of high school girls without their consent, concluding one of Canada’s largest prosecutions involv...
Mar 22, 2017
Senate ethics committee mulls fate of senator who was involved with teen
OTTAWA - The Senate’s ethics committee met behind closed doors Wednesday to consider what sanctions can or should be imposed on disgraced Sen. Don Meredith for engaging in a sexual relationship ...
Mar 22, 2017
No change in Canada's threat level after apparent terror attack in London
OTTAWA - The apparent terrorist incident outside the British Parliament is a cowardly attack on democracy around the world, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canada stands ready to help Britain in a...
Mar 22, 2017
No change in Canada's threat level after assumed terror attack in London
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says Canada stands ready to help Britain in any way it can after what’s believed to be a terrorist incident left at least four dead in London. Londo...
Mar 22, 2017