Category Archives: Canada

PM Trudeau visits Liberia and Madagascar on first official visit to Africa
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau plans to discuss LGBTQ rights in a speech later this week at the summit of la Francophonie, where his audience will include countries that still discriminate on the basis of se...
Nov 23, 2016
A look at the latest Canadian Forces report on suicides in 2015, by the numbers
OTTAWA - A by-the-numbers look at the Canadian Forces report on military suicides in 2015, released Wednesday: 14: Suicides involving men serving full-time in 2015 64.3: Percentage of that total who h...
Nov 23, 2016

Trump presidency poses 'existential' economic threat to Canada: Manley
OTTAWA - A former Liberal cabinet minister and leader of a major Canadian business group says Donald Trump’s impending presidency poses an economic threat to Canada that’s on par with the ...
Nov 23, 2016
Feds move to ban common neonicotinoid insecticide, say use 'not sustainable'
OTTAWA - The federal government is moving to phase out a common neonicotinoid insecticide after finding that it accumulates in waterways and harms aquatic insects. Health Canada has announced a 90-day...
Nov 23, 2016
A timeline of events in the case of author Steven Galloway
VANCOUVER - A timeline of events since allegations were made against author Steven Galloway, who was chairman of the creating writing program at the University of British Columbia: Nov. 18, 2015: The ...
Nov 23, 2016
Alberta revamps how it deals with electricity in approaching era of green power
EDMONTON - Alberta is changing how it produces and pays for electricity as it enters a new era of greener energy sources. Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd announced Wednesday the province is moving a...
Nov 23, 2016
Group says Quebec's response to Charbonneau Commission recommendations falls short
MONTREAL - A group following up on the work of Quebec’s Charbonneau Commission says the provincial government isn’t doing enough to put the corruption inquiry’s recommendations into ...
Nov 23, 2016
Hockey team says sorry for misunderstanding with transgender girl's family
MELVILLE, Sask. - A Saskatchewan junior hockey club is apologizing for what it calls a misunderstanding with a transgender girl’s family that hosts hockey players in its home. The Melville Milli...
Nov 23, 2016

Bear necessities: Orphaned polar bear cub gets new home at Winnipeg zoo
WINNIPEG - A polar bear cub seen wandering around the northern Manitoba town of Churchill without its mother has a new home. The polar bear conservation centre at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg ...
Nov 23, 2016

Naming of otter pups brightens Vancouver Aquarium as vets fight to save beluga
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Aquarium says despite recent challenges, as staff cope with the death of one beluga whale and the critical illness of another, some new residents of the aquarium are helping ...
Nov 23, 2016