Category Archives: Canada
Liberals table bill to roll back Conservative changes to Canadian voting process
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is throwing open the doors to voting in federal elections, including expanding the franchise to more than a million Canadians living abroad. Maryam Monsef, the minister...
Nov 24, 2016
3 years after recommendations, child-welfare changes still incomplete: report
WINNIPEG - Most of the recommendations from a public inquiry three years ago into the death of a five-year-old Manitoba girl in government care have not been implemented, the province’s children...
Nov 24, 2016
Trudeau says there's no link between him and foundation bearing family name
OTTAWA - A political controversy over a donation to the foundation bearing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s family name deepened Thursday when one of the directors reportedly quit his post becaus...
Nov 24, 2016
Netflix tells Canadian Heritage it makes 'substantial' investments in Canada
TORONTO - Netflix makes “substantial” investments in film and TV productions in Canada and should not face regulation, argues the streaming company in a submission to Canadian HeritageR...
Nov 24, 2016
Toronto mayor wants tolls on major highways into Canada's most populous city
TORONTO - The mayor of Canada’s most populous city announced a plan Thursday to impose tolls on two major highways in and out of Toronto’s downtown core - a move experts said could pave th...
Nov 24, 2016
Federal agency approved Chinese wall of privacy for visiting delegation
OTTAWA - Public inconvenience and traffic flow - not the rights of protesters - were the deciding factors when a federal agency approved a visiting Chinese delegation’s request for a privacy fen...
Nov 24, 2016
Business executives urge 'bold leadership' on climate policy from PM, premiers
OTTAWA - Canadian corporate executives whose companies together employ more than a million people are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the premiers to press ahead with collective climate actio...
Nov 24, 2016
Thieves targeting crack pipes and copper wire drive oilpatch crimes spike: RCMP
CALGARY - When it comes to protecting thousands of remote oil and gas well sites scattered across Alberta’s prairies and foothills, RCMP Cpl. Curtis Peters is more concerned about crack addicts ...
Nov 24, 2016
Eight stories in the news Thursday, Nov. 24
Eight stories in the news for Thuesday, Nov. 24 --- TRUDEAU BEGINS AFRICA TRIP Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Liberia Thursday as he begins a trip to Africa that will also take him to the su...
Nov 24, 2016
PM Trudeau in Africa recognizes different pace in respecting human rights
MONROVIA, Liberia - Africa and the rest of the world will never achieve peace and stability without empowering women and girls - and encouraging men to support them, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said...
Nov 24, 2016