Category Archives: Canada
Trump and Canada: Seven ways northern neighbour could feel election aftershock
WASHINGTON - When an unpredictable nationalist gets elected to lead the globe’s biggest superpower, the political shockwaves from the ground-shaking event will inevitably be felt by the next-doo...
Nov 09, 2016
Stock markets rise as investors warm to idea of Trump U.S. presidency
TORONTO - Canada’s biggest stock market rose while Wall Street hovered around record levels Wednesday, as investors warmed to the idea that the victory of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump will ...
Nov 09, 2016
Trudeau puts best face on Trump victory in U.S. presidential election
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is choosing to highlight the one goal he has in common with Donald Trump - improving the lot of the embattled middle class - as his government comes to grips wit...
Nov 09, 2016
Scenes from the U.S. election: She sought to make history, he upended the story
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton’s voice was being drowned out at her own rally. A murmur rippled through the overflow area, as supporters watched her speech from a nearby screen. The commotion̵...
Nov 09, 2016
The Trump realignment: How will GOP change, under a leader with different ideas?
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s victory could lead to far-reaching, long-term changes in American politics. He has radically departed from some of the orthodoxies of the Republican party, based for ...
Nov 09, 2016
Trump and Canada: All the ways northern neighbour could feel election aftershock
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s ground-shaking election win sent shockwaves around the world, jolting markets and stunning political leaders around the globe. America’s neighbours could feel t...
Nov 09, 2016
Contenders for federal Conservative leadership engage in first official debate
SASKATOON - Candidates vying to replace Stephen Harper as leader of the federal Conservatives are about to face off in the first of five official leadership debates organized by the party. A dozen peo...
Nov 09, 2016
Six stories in the news Wednesday, Nov. 9
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 9 --- DONALD TRUMP WILL BE THE NEXT U.S. PRESIDENT Donald Trump defied projections and predictions and captured the U.S. presidency. His dramatic victory wa...
Nov 09, 2016
Jury finds python owner not guilty in deaths of New Brunswick boys
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - A jury has found a New Brunswick man not guilty of criminal negligence causing death after his African rock python escaped its enclosure and killed two young boys three years ago. ...
Nov 09, 2016
Asia shares, Dow futures, oil price sink as Trump leads in vote count
HONG KONG - The increasingly likely prospect of a Donald Trump presidency roiled North American futures markets and sent Asian stocks and oil prices tumbling in Wednesday trading, setting up what was ...
Nov 08, 2016