Category Archives: Canada
Liberals come under pressure to create children's commissioner as promised
OTTAWA - The Liberals are facing calls to follow through on a campaign pledge to create a federal children’s commissioner who would be a non-partisan voice to ensure government policy actually i...
Feb 22, 2017
Garth Drabinsky has been punished enough, lawyer tells Ontario securities regulator
TORONTO - Garth Drabinsky has paid his debt to society and shouldn’t be punished again for his role in the Livent Entertainment fraud scandal, his lawyer said Wednesday as Ontario’s securi...
Feb 22, 2017
'Vote no on everything!': How U.S. Democrats are undergoing a Tea Party moment
WASHINGTON - Angry crowds vow to block the president at every turn. Partisans threaten the elected politicians of their own party: fight always, or face a primary. Tension over impending health reform...
Feb 22, 2017
Reaction mixed from interest groups responding to B.C.'s 2017-18 budget
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s 2017-18 budget was announced Tuesday by Finance Minister Mike de Jong and elicited mixed reactions from interest groups across the province. Carole James, Oppositio...
Feb 21, 2017
Saskatchewan teacher 'having a bad day' fined for throwing marker at student
REGINA - A Saskatchewan teacher has been reprimanded for throwing a white board marker at a student, hitting her above her right eye. The Saskatchewan Professional Teachers Regulatory Board held a dis...
Feb 21, 2017
Woman set for deportation to Iran arrested after being deemed a flight risk
MONTREAL - An Iranian woman threatened with expulsion from Canada was arrested Tuesday because authorities feared she was a flight risk. Roghayeh Azizi Mirmahaleh, 60, is set to be deported to Iran on...
Feb 21, 2017
Family, friends and bus drivers attend funeral for slain Winnipeg bus driver
WINNIPEG - Family, friends, and bus drivers gathered to say goodbye to a Winnipeg Transit driver brutally killed on the job. The service for 58-year-old Irvine Jubal Fraser was held Tuesday at Calvary...
Feb 21, 2017
Six-year-old boy's death prompts warning abut ice levels on drainage canals
AIRDRIE, Alta. - An official in the community of Airdrie, just north of Calgary, says ice on a drainage canal can be deceiving and is urging caution after a little boy’s death. Wilf Richter, wit...
Feb 21, 2017
Montreal man charged in slaying of spouse, 60, at long-term care facility
MONTREAL - A Montreal man was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in the slaying of his spouse, a death he suggests was driven by compassion. Michel Cadotte was formally arraigned by video confe...
Feb 21, 2017
Highlights of the 2017-18 British Columbia budget
VICTORIA - Highlights of British Columbia’s 2017-18 budget released Tuesday: - A forecast surplus of $295 million, a fifth consecutive balanced budget with projections to remain in the black for...
Feb 21, 2017