Category Archives: Canada
Canada, U.S. bring feminism vs. family values to UN meeting on status of women
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump joined forces last month to promote female participation in the workforce, but the contrast between how their governments approac...
Mar 15, 2017
Safeguarding of funds for P.E.I.'s most vulnerable inadequate:auditor general
CHARLOTTETOWN - The assets of some of Prince Edward Island’s most vulnerable residents are not being adequately safeguarded by the Public Trustee, the province’s auditor general has found....
Mar 15, 2017
Liam Neeson film blocked from Alberta national park to shoot in B.C.
A movie denied permission to film in Alberta’s mountain national parks is now on location in British Columbia. “We have moved four to five days into B.C. for now,” said Mark Voyce, u...
Mar 15, 2017
New index aims to see where immigrant lives mesh with those born in Canada
OTTAWA - Two cities in Ontario, one in Newfoundland and one in New Brunswick come out on top of newly released rankings on where the lives of newcomers most closely match up to those born in Canada. T...
Mar 15, 2017
Refugees get crash course in curling as part of 'welcome to Canada' event
TORONTO - Roughly two weeks after arriving in Canada from Thailand, Arun Daniel isn’t quite used to the cold - but he’s getting better acquainted with one of the country’s favourite ...
Mar 15, 2017
Trading politics: University runs market to predict provincial election results
VANCOUVER - After 20 years of running election stock markets, Prof. Werner Antweiler believes the buying and selling of shares in political parties is a more accurate way of predicting election result...
Mar 15, 2017
Manitoba woman captures near-death experience as truck plunges through ice
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba woman captured a chilling near-death experience on video as the truck she was in plunged through the ice. Ko’ona Cochrane, an assistant director at Traditional Family Paren...
Mar 15, 2017
Wife of man who died in remand hopes inquest gives family 'the answers we need'
WINNIPEG - The wife of a man who died after suffering an epileptic seizure at the Winnipeg Remand Centre says she hopes the inquest into his death will give his children the answers they deserve. Roch...
Mar 15, 2017
Union for government workers accuses province of unfair labour practice
REGINA - The union representing Saskatchewan government workers has filed a complaint with the labour relations board that argues the province is subverting the bargaining process. The Saskatchewan Go...
Mar 15, 2017
Ottawa threatened to pull research project over health-care dispute: Pallister
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister accused the federal government of threatening to kill a multimillion-dollar research facility if the province continues to hold off on signing a health-care...
Mar 15, 2017