Category Archives: Canada
Cabinet shuffle: meet the new ministers around PM Trudeau's table
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brought three not-so-familiar faces into his federal cabinet Tuesday and placed them in key roles. Here’s a closer look: Francois-Philippe Champagne - Inte...
Jan 10, 2017
NDP criticized for singling out Nova Scotia billionaire in wealth-gap critique
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s NDP is being criticized for singling out one of the province’s wealthiest businessmen and philanthropists, as it condemned the Liberal government on income inequali...
Jan 10, 2017
Nova Scotia tragedy: hospital did not turn away anyone, doctor says
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - A senior medical official in Nova Scotia is challenging allegations that a former soldier who killed his family before committing suicide was turned away from an Antigonish hospital...
Jan 10, 2017
OPG report on planned nuclear waste bunker blasted as 'inadequate'
TORONTO - Opponents of a planned nuclear waste bunker have hit back at a report affirming the Lake Huron shoreline as the best place to locate the facility. They also claim the federal government is t...
Jan 10, 2017
Drunk driver Marco Muzzo says lawsuit from Neville-Lake family should be reduced
NEWMARKET, Ont. - A drunk driver who killed three children and their grandfather in a collision north of Toronto in 2015 says he is liable for the crash, but argues the amount of damages sought by the...
Jan 10, 2017
Trudeau meets Congress of Aboriginal Peoples to discuss concerns
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett met today with the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples - the first of what will be yearly meetings to ensure the gover...
Jan 10, 2017
Verdict in Brent Hawkes' gross indecency trial pushed back to Jan. 31
KENTVILLE, N.S. - The verdict in the gross indecency trial of prominent Toronto pastor Brent Hawkes has been pushed back because the judge needs more time. Judge Alan Tufts was going to hand down his ...
Jan 10, 2017
Climate change expertise lacking in Canadian boardrooms, says report
CALGARY - Canada’s biggest oil and gas producers and utilities appear to lack expertise in climate change at the board level despite their dependence on selling energy products linked to the iss...
Jan 10, 2017
Whitehorse mayor's lesson in turban tying, Bhangra dancing goes viral
WHITEHORSE - A video of a Yukon mayor learning to wear a Sikh turban and dance Bhangra has gone viral. A seven-minute video posted online Friday starring Whitehorse Mayor Dan Curtis has already garner...
Jan 10, 2017
Liberals' promised infrastructure spending slow to get out the door: PBO
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government may fall short of spending all the money it planned to devote to infrastructure in the first year of its mandate, says a new analysis released Tuesday by the federal bu...
Jan 10, 2017