Category Archives: Canada
Human rights, cyber security to be part of Canada-China free trade consultations
OTTAWA - The federal government wants Canadians to air their concerns about China’s human rights record as part of broad consultations on a possible free trade deal. Business leaders are also be...
Mar 07, 2017

Ontario teacher charged with sex crimes against minors pleads guilty
BELLEVILLE, Ont. - An Ontario middle-school teacher who had sexual encounters with several students and traded nude photos with them pleaded guilty to seven charges on Tuesday in what her lawyer said ...
Mar 07, 2017

Study says no firm estimate on costs to raise a family a problem for government
OTTAWA - Jessica Wesley has been a mom for all of two months, but she and her husband are already thinking that one child might be all their finances can handle. As her Toronto family confronts loomin...
Mar 06, 2017

B.C. First Nations regional chief resigns after social media controversy
The B.C. Assembly of First Nations has confirmed that B.C. Regional Chief Shane Gottfriedson has resigned following controversy over an inappropriate post on social media. The assembly says the resign...
Mar 06, 2017

Vancouver police say protests against Trump tower opening cost an estimate $105k
VANCOUVER - Protests against the opening of the Trump International Hotel and Tower last week in Vancouver cost the police department more than $100,000. Const. Jason Doucette says estimates show poli...
Mar 06, 2017

The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, March 6 --- NEW TRUMP TRAVEL BAN PROMPTS NEW QUESTIONS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is skirting demands to speak out against the U.S. government’s new...
Mar 06, 2017
Recent Kingston, Ont., overdoses may be linked to fentanyl, health official
KINGSTON, Ont. - Health officials and police are warning that counterfeit prescription medications and some illicit drugs in the Kingston, Ont., area are believed to be contaminated with fentanyl. Kin...
Mar 06, 2017

Elections BC to review Liberal donations; party will co-operate
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s Liberals say their fundraising practices are transparent and the party will co-operate fully with an Elections BC review of potential Election Act violations involv...
Mar 06, 2017

Canadian citizen denied entry to United States told she needed visa to get in
MONTREAL - A Montrealer who is a Canadian citizen by birth says she was barred from entering the United States and told to get a valid visa if she ever wants to cross the border. Manpreet Kooner said ...
Mar 06, 2017
Greenpeace court filing an admission of 'lying,' forest company charges
TORONTO - A forestry multinational that is suing Greenpeace under American racketeering laws alleges that the activist organization’s recent court filings are essentially an admission that it li...
Mar 06, 2017