Category Archives: Canada
Nova Scotia public health officer says response to opioid abuse is 'urgent'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s public health officer has launched a multi-front battle against the eastward spread of the highly toxic painkiller fentanyl, which can kill with dosages the size of a gra...
Oct 28, 2016
At biker bars and rallies, the message to GOP: This is Trump's party now
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - The sounds at this biker bar explain why leaders of the Republican party tiptoe gingerly around Donald Trump, avoid criticizing him, and keep wavering back and forth over whether...
Oct 28, 2016
Broadway-bound 'Come From Away' heads to 9/11 haven Gander, N.L. for charity
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Retired American Airlines Capt. Beverley Bass will be in Gander, N.L., this weekend when the Broadway-bound “Come From Away” lands in the 9/11 haven that inspired ...
Oct 28, 2016
Motion on carbon tax on agenda as Wildrose party holds annual general meeting
RED DEER, Alta. - Alberta’s carbon tax is high on the agenda as members of Alberta’s Wildrose party gather today in Red Deer for their annual general meeting. Party leader Brian Jean will ...
Oct 28, 2016
'Our bedrock:' Jim Prentice remembered at memorial as devoted family man
CALGARY - Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice was remembered Friday as a principled public servant, a humble leader and a champion of indigenous and environmental causes. But much of a public state me...
Oct 28, 2016
'I want justice:' Victims call for adult sentence in school shooting
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - People who say their lives changed forever the day a teen took a gun and went to a high school and a home in northern Saskatchewan - killing four and wounding seven - want him pun...
Oct 28, 2016
Alberta mayor, MP say they will fight move of immigration processing centre
VEGREVILLE, Alta. - The mayor of an Alberta town says he will fight the relocation of the federal immigration and refugee processing centre that has been the community’s major employer since it ...
Oct 28, 2016
Lobbying watchdog probing allegations lobbyists involved in Liberal fundraisers
OTTAWA - Lobbying commissioner Karen Shepherd says her investigators are looking into allegations that lobbyists have been involved in Liberal fundraisers featuring cabinet ministers. Shepherd says lo...
Oct 28, 2016
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Oct. 27 TRUDEAU NAMES NINE TO SENATE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named nine new, non-partisan senators to the Senate Thursday. The five women and four me...
Oct 27, 2016
A closer look at nine Canadians recommended to Senate by Justin Trudeau
OTTAWA - A condensed and edited version of the biographical information released Thursday by the Prime Minister’s Office about the nine Canadians recommended for the Senate by Justin Trudeau: __...
Oct 27, 2016