Category Archives: Canada

Ex-Quebec minister will run to replace Stephane Dion in Montreal riding: source
MONTREAL - An ex-Quebec immigration minister will seek the federal Liberal nomination for an upcoming byelection in Stephane Dion’s old Montreal riding, a source told The Canadian Press on Frida...
Feb 10, 2017
Quebec student athlete says he was denied entry to the United States
MONTREAL - A Quebec student athlete says he’s not sure why he was denied entry to the United States after a five-hour interrogation in which he was asked about religion and his Moroccan roots. Y...
Feb 10, 2017

Feds back off on last-ditch attempt to delay judge's ruling on '60s Scoop
TORONTO - The federal government backed off on Friday from its widely panned last-minute plan to force a judge to delay his decision on the ’60s Scoop class-action lawsuit. That means Ontario Su...
Feb 10, 2017

PayPal freezes Canadian media group's account over story about Syrian family
TORONTO - A community newspaper’s payment to enter a feel-good story about a family of Syrian refugees in an awards competition prompted PayPal to freeze the account of a national media organiza...
Feb 10, 2017
Ontario urges Ottawa to set up loan guarantees for softwood producers
OTTAWA - Ontario has joined Quebec in urging the federal government to set up a loan guarantee program for Canada’s softwood lumber producers who face the threat of tariffs and restrictions on e...
Feb 10, 2017
Federal summer jobs program numbers up, but short of lofty Liberal goal
OTTAWA - The federal government says thousands of jobs for young Canadians didn’t materialize quite as the Liberals had expected under a marquee summer jobs program. The government says that alm...
Feb 10, 2017
Lawsuit filed over allegations Fort McMurray Walmart sold bad food after fire
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A proposed multimillion-dollar class-action lawsuit has been filed against Walmart Canada stemming from allegations the chain sold potentially contaminated food after the Fort M...
Feb 10, 2017

Ontario nursing home at heart of murder case cited for 'medication incidents'
Inspection reports show an Ontario long-term care home where a former nurse is accused of killing seven seniors was taken to task by the province for dozens of “medication incidents” just ...
Feb 10, 2017
B.C. Premier Christy Clark apologizes over claims NDP hacked her party's website
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's premier has apologized to the leader of the provincial NDP in the culmination of a week-long political back-and-forth that saw Christy Clark accuse the Opposition of cri...
Feb 10, 2017

Woman says 'justice' in sexual assault case came at personal cost
HALIFAX - Shannon Graham garnered national attention when she voiced regrets about reporting her sexual assault. And while the 22-year-old Nova Scotia woman says ultimately “justice was served...
Feb 10, 2017