Category Archives: Canada

Federal government seeking to settle suits from '60s Scoop 'dark chapter'
In a major shift in tactics, the federal government said Wednesday that it wants to negotiate claims resulting from the so-called ’60s Scoop in which thousands of aboriginal children were taken ...
Feb 01, 2017
Banner hung on Kellie Leitch's constituency office calls on the MP to resign
OTTAWA - Police are investigating a banner draped over Ontario MP Kellie Leitch’s constituency office that invokes the Quebec City mosque shooting and urges the controversial Conservative leader...
Feb 01, 2017

Trudeau abandons promise to change voting system in time for 2019 election
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unequivocal promise to change the way Canadians vote in federal elections. Then, after winning one, he abandoned it. That was the narrative his political...
Feb 01, 2017

Stinky kelp clogging up harbour, causing foul odour in N.L. fishing community
ST. BRIDES, N.L. - A Newfoundland harbour is being overrun by thick piles of kelp that are snarling fishing boats, fouling the air and driving away tourists amid concerns that the rotting stench will ...
Feb 01, 2017

Fishermen trying to overturn approval of tidal turbine in the Bay of Fundy
HALIFAX - A fishermen’s group has asked the Nova Scotia Supreme Court to set aside provincial approval of a massive tidal turbine in the Bay of Fundy, saying the decision was based on poor scien...
Feb 01, 2017
Tories criticize Trudeau over letter to Fox, say the PM has better things to do
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are criticizing the Prime Minister’s Office for complaining to Fox News about a tweet identifying the suspect in the Quebec City mosque shooting as “M...
Feb 01, 2017
'Brave of her:' Advocate says acquittal in sex assault retrial could deter women
CALGARY - A sexual assault victim says she would have had second thoughts about going through with the “gut-wrenching” experience of the courts if a case involving a judge’s controve...
Feb 01, 2017
Policy quotes from Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O'Leary
OTTAWA - Kevin O’Leary, a longtime businessman turned reality TV star, is running for leadership of the Conservative party. He recently sat down with The Canadian Press for a wide-ranging interv...
Feb 01, 2017
Windsor hockey exec suspended over slur against women, ordered to take training
An Ontario minor hockey executive has been suspended and ordered to take ethics training after posting a slur online about Canadian women who joined a massive march in Washington, D.C., last month. Wi...
Feb 01, 2017

Blood-spattered Quebec mosque opens doors after weekend shooting
QUEBEC - Members of the city’s Muslim community walked over thick crusts of blood dried into the carpet of their mosque on Wednesday as they returned to the scene of last weekend’s carnage...
Feb 01, 2017