Category Archives: Canada

Foreign relations, Trump style: president acknowledges 'tough phone calls'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is making it clear he’s willing to hurt some feelings of foreign leaders by exporting the insult-flinging style he honed at home, and applying it in conversat...
Feb 02, 2017

Caveat emptor: retailers in awkward spot as Trump boycott builds momentum
TORONTO - Caroline Starr stopped shopping at Hudson’s Bay stores several months ago when she first heard of an online campaign to boycott companies that support then-Republican U.S. presidential...
Feb 02, 2017
Search continues for Canadian filmmaker missing after dive in Florida
ISLAMADORA, Fla. - A search continues today for a Canadian filmmaker missing after a dive off the coast of Florida. The U.S. Coast Guard says Rob Stewart was reported missing around 5:15 p.m. on Tuesd...
Feb 02, 2017

PBO report follows the money flowing from Liberals' infrastructure program
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has brushed off renewed criticism of the slow movement of billions in new infrastructure spending that threatens to put economic growth projections at risk. In a report...
Feb 02, 2017

Prime Minister to visit storm-stricken northeastern New Brunswick Friday
LAMEQUE, N.B. - Justin Trudeau will be travelling to northeastern New Brunswick to thank first responders after the ice storm that devastated much of the region. The prime minister will visit Friday a...
Feb 02, 2017
Mint employee who hid stolen gold in his rectum gets 30 months behind bar
OTTAWA - A man who stole gold “pucks” from the Royal Canadian Mint by hiding them in his rectum to evade metal detectors has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. Leston Lawrence, 35, was...
Feb 02, 2017
Six stories in the news today, Feb. 2
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Feb. 2 --- LIBERALS ABANDON ELECTORAL REFORM PLEDGE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to change the way Canadians vote in federal elections. Then, after winn...
Feb 02, 2017

B.C. drug overdose crisis, deadliest of long career, says health officer
VICTORIA - Among the medical diplomas, certificates and degrees on Dr. Perry Kendall’s office wall is a framed copy of a newspaper with a headline that screams, “City Doctors Give Okay to ...
Feb 02, 2017

Steve Nash gym owners go on legal offence against former basketball superstar
VANCOUVER - A chain of fitness clubs accused of using Steve Nash’s name without permission is going on the offensive and suing the former basketball superstar’s company for allegedly damag...
Feb 02, 2017

Trudeau says all of Canada shaken by 'brutal and hateful' attack
MONTREAL - A brutal massacre at a Quebec City mosque has left Canada reeling in shock but also unified the country in solidarity with Muslims, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a funeral service T...
Feb 02, 2017