Category Archives: Canada
Trump travel ban keeps Iranian-Canadian theatre director from work in Halifax
LOS ANGELES - An Iranian-Canadian theatre director who shuttles between L.A. and Halifax for work says he has decided to stay in the United States for now, rather than cross the border under President...
Feb 01, 2017
Some of the major election promises broken so far by the Trudeau Liberals
The Trudeau government’s announcement Wednesday that it had abandoned a long-held promise to change how Canadians elect their governments drew sharp condemnation from political opponents. But it...
Feb 01, 2017
Report highlights busy signals, long waits for EI service; hints at new spending
OTTAWA - About two-thirds of people who call the federal government for help with their employment insurance claims get turned away by a busy message, while the rest face long periods on hold before t...
Feb 01, 2017
Liberals, NDP try to expedite passage of legislation to address opioid crisis
OTTAWA - The Liberals and NDP are working together to expedite the passage of a bill designed to help combat the country’s opioid crisis, including measures to reduce barriers to accessing super...
Feb 01, 2017
Flight from Zurich to L.A. diverts to Iqaluit after engine shuts down
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Swiss International Air Lines says a flight bound for Los Angeles diverted to Nunavut on Wednesday. The airline says the plane landed safely in Iqaluit after being diverted due to a...
Feb 01, 2017
Three Nova Scotia fishermen charged after video posted showing abuse of seal
YARMOUTH, N.S. - Three Nova Scotia fishermen face charges for the alleged mistreatment of a seal that was caught on video and posted to social media, says the federal Department of Fisheries and Ocean...
Feb 01, 2017
Pipeline progress means crude-by-rail slowdown could be much more long-term
CALGARY - Big moves by the Canadian and U.S. governments on oil pipelines in recent months are threatening the long-term future of the main alternative: crude shipped by rail. First the federal govern...
Feb 01, 2017
Liberals set to move $30 million in idle infrastructure money to gas tax fund
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show the Liberal government is expecting to send some $30 million in unused infrastructure money directly to cities through a temporary top-up to the gas tax fund. Th...
Feb 01, 2017
Trial on for B.C. woman who Crown says told her husband she would help him die
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The prosecution says a woman accused of pushing her husband to kill himself offered the man pills and then told him she would get him a gun. In his opening argument Wednesday in B.C....
Feb 01, 2017
Report suggests Alberta policies a factor in death of mental-health worker
EDMONTON - A report suggests failings in Alberta government policy were a factor in the death of a mental-health worker who was killed by a client with a long history of unpredictable, violent behavio...
Feb 01, 2017