Category Archives: Canada
PM to meet Trump in the 'next 30 days or so' to talk new NAFTA deal
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet the new U.S. president within the next several weeks, as the incoming American administration talks to its northern and southern neighbours about a...
Jan 23, 2017
Five things to know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, rejected by U.S.
OTTAWA - A quick look at the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the deal that President Donald Trump said Monday the United States would not be pursuing: - Twelve Pacific Rim countries, including Canada, sign...
Jan 23, 2017
Mojito with your manicure? B.C. now let's businesses apply for liquor licences
VANCOUVER - From book stores to barber shops, businesses across British Columbia can now ask the provincial government for permission to serve liquor. Under new legislation that came into effect Monda...
Jan 23, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Jan. 23 --- TRUMP ADVISER SAYS CANADA COULD BENEFIT FROM NAFTA RENEGOTIATION: An adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada will be in a good position...
Jan 23, 2017
'Shame and Prejudice' explores historical treatment of Canada's indigenous peoples
TORONTO - With celebrations underway for Canada’s sesquicentennial, Kent Monkman is focusing a critical lens on the country’s treatment of indigenous peoples over the last 150 years. Monkm...
Jan 23, 2017
Pipeline breach southeast of Regina leaks 200,000 litres of crude oil
STOUGHTON, Sask. - About 200,000 litres of crude oil has been spilled onto agricultural land in southeastern Saskatchewan after a pipeline leak. The spill was detected Friday at a site 10 kilometres n...
Jan 23, 2017
Victims of former priest's abuse need Anglican Church to apologize: minister
OTTAWA - A long-awaited public apology from the Anglican Church for the rampant sexual abuse perpetrated by former priest Ralph Rowe in the 1970s and 1980s will be vital in helping victims heal, Canad...
Jan 23, 2017
Court hears Winnipeg girl was alive when she was left to freeze to death
WINNIPEG - A pathologist says a Winnipeg teenager was alive when she was tied up and left in a shed where she froze to death. He also told court that his autopsy uncovered no signs that 13-year-old Ca...
Jan 23, 2017
Visa mix-up: Syrian refugee who founded N.S. chocolatier stopped at U.S. border
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - A Syrian refugee whose family has established a thriving chocolate-making business in northern Nova Scotia says U.S. border officials prevented him from entering the United States o...
Jan 23, 2017
Some Manitoba NDP members want to drop the 'N' at convention in March
WINNIPEG - Some Manitoba New Democrats are pushing the provincial party to change its name to rejuvenate following last year’s election loss. The NDP constituency association in Lac Du Bonnet ha...
Jan 23, 2017