Category Archives: Canada
White House says: Media need to cover terrorism more, cites Canadian examples
WASHINGTON - The White House wants journalists to write more stories about terrorist attacks, which President Donald Trump says are being under-reported. Asked for examples, his office released a list...
Feb 07, 2017
B.C. centre on substance use releases guidelines for treatment of opioid abuse
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s fledgling network for research into drug abuse has released new provincial guidelines for doctors and nurses on treating people addicted to opioids. The move marks...
Feb 07, 2017
Canadian man who strangled high school sweetheart in Ohio gets life
TORONTO - A Canadian-American man who fled from Ohio to Quebec after strangling his high school sweetheart with a belt has pleaded guilty to murder and been sentenced to life behind bars. Kyle Sheppar...
Feb 07, 2017
Feds flatly reject recommendation to raise retirement eligibility age
OTTAWA - A day after the federal Liberals’ economic advisory council recommended raising the age of retirement eligibility, the government is turning the idea down flat. The council advised the ...
Feb 07, 2017
Mother of Canadian killed fighting ISIL questions delay in returning son's body
TORONTO - The mother of a Canadian man killed fighting Islamic State militants in northern Syria is questioning why her son’s body still hasn’t been recovered when the remains of a British...
Feb 07, 2017
Newfoundland university waives fee for students hit by Trump travel ban
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland university says the response has been overwhelming after it waived application fees for students from the seven predominantly Muslim countries targeted by a tem...
Feb 07, 2017
'Overwhelmed': Manitoba community seeing influx of unauthorized border crossers
EMERSON, Man. - An increasing number of people seeking asylum are braving the elements of the open prairie to come into Canada from the United States, says the head of one small community that is call...
Feb 07, 2017

Trudeau confers with European leaders on Trump, Freeland to meet Tillerson
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has been conferring with jittery European allies about how to engage with the new Donald Trump administration in Washington, sources say. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...
Feb 07, 2017
Quebec school board wants 'vigilance' when bus drivers listen to talk radio
MONTREAL - A Quebec City school board stepped back Tuesday from an earlier decision to prohibit bus drivers from listening to the city’s contentious talk radio stations on the job. In a news rel...
Feb 07, 2017

Defence minister hints at new money for military after meeting U.S. counterpart
OTTAWA - Canada’s defence minister is hinting at new money for the military following a much-anticipated meeting with his U.S. counterpart in Washington this week. But Harjit Sajjan says what...
Feb 07, 2017