Category Archives: Canada
Trudeau, Trump sit down with business leaders on women in the workforce
OTTAWA - One has proudly declared himself a feminist, while the other inspired hundreds of thousands of people to take to the streets in protest of his stances on issues affecting women and girls. On ...
Feb 13, 2017
Missing python found after disappearing from backpack at Ontario university
GUELPH, Ont. - Officials at an Ontario university say a snake that went missing on campus last week has been found. The small ball python was reported missing at the University of Guelph last Thursday...
Feb 13, 2017
Ontario to do more mercury tests to address contamination plaguing First Nation
TORONTO - The Ontario government is conducting expanded mercury testing around the site of an old paper mill in the province’s northwest in the hopes of cleaning up an area that has left a First...
Feb 13, 2017
Alberta PC party dismisses complaint against leadership candidate Jason Kenney
EDMONTON - The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta has dismissed a call to have leadership candidate Jason Kenney turfed from the race. Party member Jeffrey Rath accused Kenney in a formal...
Feb 13, 2017
IBM's famed Watson computer 'gets a job' fighting cybercrime threat
FREDERICTON - A year after IBM began teaching its Watson computer system to fight cybercrime, the company is making the platform available for use. “Now he gets a job and makes us some money,...
Feb 13, 2017
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