Category Archives: Canada
A look at trade growth in Canada, U.S. under North American Free Trade Agreement
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets today with U.S. President Donald Trump. One of the issues sure to be discussed is the North American Free Trade Agreement, which Trump wants to renegotiate...
Feb 13, 2017
Six stories in the news today, Feb. 13
Six stories in the news for Monday, Feb. 13: --- TRUDEAU MEETS WITH TRUMP FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY Justin Trudeau gets his first face to face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump today. The Washin...
Feb 13, 2017
Conservative, NDP leadership races show struggle to define parties: experts
VANCOUVER - The NDP leadership race is off the ground with its first contestant along with a campaign of soul-searching to map out the party’s future identity, experts say. British Columbia MP P...
Feb 13, 2017
Feminists watching closely for gender-based analysis in Budget 2017
OTTAWA - When Finance Minister Bill Morneau delivered his fall economic statement, much of the fanfare focused on the deficit, the infrastructure bank and efforts to attract foreign investment. Someth...
Feb 13, 2017
Nova Scotia legislature delays sitting to resolve ongoing teachers dispute
HALIFAX - Government plans to force a resolution to the ongoing contract dispute with Nova Scotia’s 9,300 teachers were temporarily blown aside Monday by a powerful blizzard that prevented the o...
Feb 13, 2017
Trump promises Canada: No wall for you, only more 'bridges,' extra trade
WASHINGTON - There was no talk of walls, only bridges as Donald Trump exuded amiability Monday in a first meeting with his Canadian counterpart that suggested the northern neighbour might be spared th...
Feb 13, 2017
Hugs, kisses not in cards for Valentine's Day start at B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - Romance is not in the cards for British Columbia’s politicians who return to the legislature Valentine’s Day for a throne speech that sets the stage for a provincial budget and ...
Feb 13, 2017
'He neither forgave nor forgot': Crown says Garland planned triple murder
CALGARY - The Crown painted a dark picture Monday of the man it believes brutally killed a couple and their five-year-old grandson over a grudge about a patent for an oilfield pump, but the defence ur...
Feb 13, 2017
Big, brawny snowstorm brings parts of East Coast to standstill
HALIFAX - A wide swath of the Maritimes was shut down Monday by a massive, slow-moving blizzard that churned out a swirling mass of snow and ice pellets as it trudged across the region - and then refu...
Feb 13, 2017
Ontario school board cancels trips to U.S. due to 'safety and equity' concerns
WINDSOR, Ont. - A school board in southwestern Ontario says it has cancelled a handful of school trips to the United States due to “safety and equity” concerns. Clara Howitt, a superintend...
Feb 12, 2017