Category Archives: Canada
Canadians voice support for Muslims amid 'hatred' unleashed on Liberal MPs
OTTAWA - Canada’s Muslim community felt the embrace of an outpouring of support Friday in the wake of stinging personal attacks against a member of Parliament who sponsored a motion to condemn a...
Feb 17, 2017
Bus drivers call for safety improvements outside Winnipeg city hall
WINNIPEG - Hundreds of transit workers rallied outside Winnipeg city hall Friday to demand safety improvements following the killing of one of their colleagues. “This is not a new issue,” ...
Feb 17, 2017
B.C., Ottawa sign health agreement worth $1.4 billion, $65 million for overdoses
RICHMOND, B.C. - Money from Ottawa to fight an ongoing overdose crisis helped sway British Columbia into signing a new 10-year, $1.4 billion health funding deal, says the province’s health minis...
Feb 17, 2017
Government to compensate torture victims nine years after inquiry findings
OTTAWA - The federal government will give apologies and compensation to three Canadians who were tortured in Syria. The Canadian Press has independently confirmed a Toronto Star report that the govern...
Feb 17, 2017
'Left with no options:' U.S. Somalis not surprised many refugees eyeing Canada
MINNEAPOLIS - Members of the largest Somali community in the United States say they’re not surprised to see a growing number of asylum seekers braving the elements to illicitly enter Canada. The...
Feb 17, 2017
Co-author of Quebec secularism report at odds with partner's change of heart
MONTREAL - The co-author of a report on secularism in Quebec is sticking by his position that some provincial employees should be prohibited from wearing religious symbols. And Gerard Bouchard also sa...
Feb 17, 2017
Friendly wallaby still on the loose after escape in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY, B.C. - A wallaby wandering through Langley, B.C., has the jump on everyone trying to find it. The roughly metre-high creature, similar to a kangaroo, has been on the hop since earlier this we...
Feb 17, 2017
Nova Scotia premier on striking teachers: 'The frustration here is real'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier says “decades” of education-policy errors - including his own miscues - contributed to Friday’s historic teachers walkout that saw the legislatu...
Feb 17, 2017
Four stories in the news today, Feb. 17
Four stories in the news for Friday, Feb. 17: --- PM TRUDEAU MEETS WITH MERKEL Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet in Berlin today. They are expected to discuss how ...
Feb 17, 2017
'You have done a terrible thing': Judge sentences Douglas Garland to die in jail
CALGARY - Triple murderer Douglas Garland will spend the rest of his life in prison for a crime a judge says was carried out with meticulous planning and precision. Justice David Gates on Friday impos...
Feb 17, 2017