Category Archives: Canada
At ceremony, refugees speak of gratitude: 'I think we'll find our identity now'
HALIFAX - Jelele Etefa and her husband Bona Dhina sang the Canadian anthem, waved plastic flags and repeated a citizenship oath at a Halifax waterfront museum Monday. It was the end of a long trek for...
Feb 20, 2017
Judge asks court to nix discipline hearing over family cottage concerns
OTTAWA - A judge is asking the Federal Court of Canada to halt disciplinary proceedings related to his involvement in an indigenous land-claim settlement where his family owns a cottage. Ontario Super...
Feb 20, 2017
Canadian troops in Iraq mount pressure on ISIL around Syrian border
ERBIL, Iraq - Canadian special forces have shifted their operations in northern Iraq to put pressure on ISIL in places outside the strategic city of Mosul - including along the border with Syria. The ...
Feb 20, 2017
New Brunswick saw spike in refugee claimants at United States border in 2016
FREDERICTON - The number of refugee claimants crossing into New Brunswick from the United States saw a significant increase last year. According to figures released by the Canadian Border Services Age...
Feb 20, 2017
Former Nalcor Energy CEO's severance was appropriate: auditor general
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A controversial $1.4 million severance package paid to the former head of the Crown corporation behind the troubled multi-billion-dollar Muskrat Falls hydro project was approp...
Feb 20, 2017
Forces member and his brother charged in drug probe at CFB Petawawa
PETAWAWA, Ont. - A member of the Canadian Forces and his civilian brother are facing drug trafficking charges. National Defence announced Monday that the pair were charged on Feb. 7 following an inves...
Feb 20, 2017
Petition pushes back against move to exclude police from Vancouver Pride Parade
VANCOUVER - A campaign to exclude police from Vancouver’s Pride Parade is experiencing pushback from a group that says not allowing officers to take part risks undermining the positive relations...
Feb 20, 2017
Bell Canada discriminated against sick woman by making her go to store: tribunal
TORONTO - The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal says Bell Canada discriminated against a seriously ill woman by forcing her to violate her doctor’s orders and go to a store in person in order to ac...
Feb 20, 2017
Canadian labour leader Bob White dead, instrumental in creating CAW
TORONTO - Canadian labour leader Bob White, who was instrumental in creating the Canadian Auto Workers union, has died at the age of 81. White, who passed away Sunday in Kincardine, Ont., led the move...
Feb 20, 2017
Jewish aboriginal inmate, 12 years in solitary, claims abuse of rights
TORONTO - A Jewish aboriginal prisoner who was assaulted by other inmates alleges the authorities set up the white supremacist attack in retaliation for his complaints about treatment he says has viol...
Feb 20, 2017