Category Archives: Canada
Woman fined $75k for illegally importing items made from endangered species
RICHMOND, B.C. - A British Columbia woman has been fined $75,000 for illegally importing jewelry and other items made from endangered animals into Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada, which ...
Mar 08, 2017
Dutch politician brushes off comparisons with PM Justin Trudeau
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The comparisons to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau keep pouring in, but up-and-coming Dutch politician Jesse Klaver cites weathered U.S. presidential candidate Bernie S...
Mar 08, 2017
Backlog of pay problems shrinking, but underpaid workers still face 'long road'
OTTAWA - Government officials say they’ve turned the corner in trying to fix the troubled Phoenix civil service pay system. But Public Services and Procurement Canada deputy minister Marie Lemay...
Mar 08, 2017
Quebec man charged in terror case says he feared for safety of family overseas
MONTREAL - A Quebec man accused of wanting to leave Canada to join the Islamic State in Syria says he was desperate to reach his wife and young kids and get them away from his dangerous, threatening b...
Mar 08, 2017
Water treatment plant fixed in Kamloops, B.C., following blown transformer
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A water treatment plant in Kamloops, B.C., is back in operation, but residents were still being asked to watch their water usage. A blown transformer caused the plant to shut down ear...
Mar 08, 2017

Trudeau is more concerned about diversity than competence: Kevin O'Leary
Conservative leadership hopeful Kevin O’Leary says the prime minister has ended up with a mediocre cabinet because he was more concerned about diversity than competence. O’Leary said he be...
Mar 08, 2017
Law Commission of Ontario report urges changes to power of attorney systems
TORONTO - Ontario’s complex systems for substitute legal decision-making need to be modernized and clarified in order to be more effective, the province’s law commission said Wednesday. A ...
Mar 08, 2017

Parks Canada rejects movie after learning First Nations in storyline
A movie production team was denied permission to shoot in the Rocky Mountain national parks after Parks Canada staff learned the film’s plot involved an indigenous gang leader. “They expre...
Mar 08, 2017

NAFTA talks to start late in the year, see big changes: U.S. commerce secretary
WASHINGTON - NAFTA negotiations will probably start late this year, might take about a year, and will include serious changes that could see the addition of several entire new chapters to the landmark...
Mar 08, 2017

Ontario city to close road for endangered salamander crossings
The Jefferson salamander, an endangered amphibian found only in southern Ontario, has begun to emerge from the ground along a small stretch of the Niagara escarpment and has been dodging cars as it cr...
Mar 08, 2017