Category Archives: Canada
Liberals win Yukon election, toppling Yukon Party
WHITEHORSE - There’ll be many new faces in the Yukon legislature after the Liberals swept to power in Monday’s election. Liberal Leader Sandy Silver will go from being the lone elected mem...
Nov 07, 2016
Federal Court dismisses bid to stop feds revoking citizenship without a hearing
OTTAWA - A bid to stop the federal government from revoking Canadians’ citizenship without a hearing has failed. Federal Court Justice Russell Zinn has dismissed a case brought by the Canadian A...
Nov 07, 2016
Non-binding plebiscite in P.E.I. shows support for proportional representation
CHARLOTTETOWN - A non-binding plebiscite on electoral reform in Prince Edward Island has shown voters support a switch to a form of proportional representation. Mixed member proportional representatio...
Nov 07, 2016
Air Canada says in-flight crews can wear poppy pins for Remembrance Day
Air Canada says it has revised its uniform policy to make it clear that in-flight crews can wear poppy pins in honour of Remembrance Day. The airline says that while it has regulations on non-service ...
Nov 07, 2016
Trudeau avoids buying the next round during tour of coast guard ship
VANCOUVER - Thirsty sailors hoping that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could be coaxed into buying a round on Monday were left disappointed. During a tour of a coast guard icebreaker in Vancouver’...
Nov 07, 2016
TSX soars, Dow Jones climbs 370 points as FBI clears Clinton of wrongdoing
TORONTO - Major North American stock markets soared Monday as investors placed their bets on Democrat Hillary Clinton emerging victorious over Republican Donald Trump, on the eve of a historic U.S. pr...
Nov 07, 2016
A checklist for watching the U.S. election: key times, races, issues to watch
WASHINGTON - Key times: First state polls close at 7 p.m. ET, including Georgia and Virginia. That’s followed at 7:30 p.m., with results from the key states of North Carolina and Ohio. At 8 p.m....
Nov 07, 2016
Canadian business warily eyes US election pitfalls while Trudeau preaches calm
OTTAWA - The elephant is grunting and twitching. Pierre Trudeau’s famous analogy of Canada’s precarious place sleeping next to an American leviathan was top of mind Monday on the eve of a ...
Nov 07, 2016
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Nov. 7 ___ BITTER US PRESIDENTIAL RACE EXPOSED DIVISIONS IN AMERICA: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump blitzed through battleground states Monday in a final bi...
Nov 07, 2016
Canada's oceans get $1.5 billion over five years for marine protection plan
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a $1.5-billion plan Monday to make Canada a “world leader” in ocean protection after a diesel spill on British Columbia’s central c...
Nov 07, 2016