Category Archives: Canada

Opioid crisis was flagged in joint statement due to severity of crisis: Goodale
OTTAWA - The severity of the opioid crisis in Canada and the United States prompted its inclusion in a joint statement from the two countries, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Tuesday, noting...
Feb 14, 2017
Saskatchewan man guilty of threatening Justin Trudeau in Facebook rants
REGINA - A Saskatchewan man has been found guilty of uttering threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after posting expletive-laden posts on Facebook saying Trudeau should be shot. Christopher H...
Feb 14, 2017

Some attacks on transit drivers: Assaults often sparked by fare spat
Winnipeg transit bus driver Irvine Fraser died in hospital early Tuesday morning after being seriously stabbed by a passenger at the last stop on a route to the University of Manitoba. Union leaders a...
Feb 14, 2017
B.C. Appeal Court orders province to give up data in smoking lawsuit
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government must hand over information about patients that tobacco giant Phillip Morris International says it needs to fight the province’s efforts to recover hea...
Feb 14, 2017
Quebec MNA cleared of sex assault allegations not welcome in caucus: premier
QUEBEC - A member of Quebec’s legislature recently cleared of sexual assault allegations won’t be allowed back in the Liberal caucus, Premier Philippe Couillard said Tuesday. Gerry Sklavou...
Feb 14, 2017
Four more people illegally cross U.S. border into Quebec on foot: RCMP
MONTREAL - The RCMP are confirming they arrested four people who crossed illegally into Quebec today near the Vermont border. Cpl. Francois Gagnon says the migrants were arrested near Hemmingford, Que...
Feb 14, 2017
Acclaimed Quebec philosopher changes mind on secularism after mosque shooting
MONTREAL - After Quebec’s mosque shooting, an internationally acclaimed philosopher who heavily influenced the province’s debate on secularism said Tuesday he no longer thinks it’s a...
Feb 14, 2017
Buildings evacuated after massive fire breaks out in midtown Toronto
TORONTO - Firefighters continued to pour water on a massive and “hazardous” blaze in midtown Toronto early Wednesday, several hours after the fire began and forced the evacuation of surrou...
Feb 14, 2017

Donald Trump's unusual greetings shed light on the art of the handshake
TORONTO - When is a handshake more than a handshake? Any time it involves the unpredictable U.S. President Donald Trump, who has turned the simple social convention into a highly analyzed and debated ...
Feb 14, 2017

Questions swirl about the effects of the Trudeau-Trump joint declaration
OTTAWA - Even with companies and politicians breathing a little easier after Justin Trudeau’s first encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump, it remains to be seen what the two governments act...
Feb 14, 2017