Category Archives: Canada
Moving immigration office to Edmonton from Vegreville more efficient: minister
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister John McCallum says the plan to relocate an immigration processing centre from Vegreville, Alta., to Edmonton will be more efficient and result in a net increase of jobs i...
Oct 28, 2016
Quebec government unveils plan to fight and prevent sexual assault
MONTREAL - In the wake of several high-profile incidents of alleged sexual assault, the Quebec government has released its long-awaited strategy to fight and prevent sexual violence. Five provincial c...
Oct 28, 2016
Body of woman, car recovered from Lake Ontario in Toronto
Toronto police pulled a woman’s body and a car from Lake Ontario on Friday after the vehicle veered across traffic and hit a guardrail before plunging into the water. The crash took place Thursd...
Oct 28, 2016
Montreal-bound Air Canada flight diverted to London after medical emergency
MONTREAL - A Montreal-bound Air Canada flight was briefly diverted to London this morning due to an onboard medical emergency with a passenger. A spokeswoman for the airline says the plane left Rome b...
Oct 28, 2016
No current risk of Zika after mosquito species linked to virus found in Windsor
WINDSOR, Ont. - Health officials say there is no current risk of Zika transmission after mosquito larvae from a species linked to human cases of the virus were found in the Windsor, Ont., area. Offici...
Oct 28, 2016
Justice Malcolm Rowe formally appointed to Supreme Court of Canada
OTTAWA - Justice Malcolm Rowe has been formally appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. Rowe, a former justice of the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal, was nominated to the court last week ...
Oct 28, 2016
Ottawa runs $2.7B deficit in August compared with $2.3B deficit in August 2015
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $2.7 billion in August compared with a deficit of $2.3 billion in the same month last year. According to the Finance Department’s latest fiscal m...
Oct 28, 2016
Ottawa, Nova Scotia announce funding for new Halifax women's shelter
HALIFAX - An aging women’s shelter in Nova Scotia will be replaced with a new building through a federal program that will provide up to $3 million to help with construction. The official announ...
Oct 28, 2016
Trudeau to travel to Brussels to sign Canada-EU trade deal Sunday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will finally travel to Brussels this weekend to sign the Canada-EU free trade deal known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA. The Prime Mi...
Oct 28, 2016
Ottawa will continue to monitor housing market: Finance Minister Bill Morneau
TORONTO - Ottawa will continue to monitor the real estate market and take the necessary actions to ensure that an uptick in interest rates or a decline in home prices don’t threaten the country&...
Oct 28, 2016