Category Archives: Canada
Man convicted of sex crimes back in race for Saskatoon Catholic school board
SASKATOON - A man convicted of sex crimes 35 years ago is back in the race for Saskatoon’s Catholic school board. Denis Robert Hall had withdrawn from the campaign last week after reports surfac...
Oct 24, 2016

'The gun just went off:' Documents describe deadly Saskatchewan farm shooting
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - The afternoon Colten Boushie was killed, police say Gerald Stanley was at home with his son Sheldon when the two heard an SUV drive into his Saskatchewan farmyard. They told ...
Oct 24, 2016

Grade 8 student tells federal minister he teaches indigenous language course
VICTORIA - A Grade 8 student stunned a gathering of national aboriginal leaders and the federal indigenous affairs minister Monday by saying he volunteered to become his school’s indigenous lang...
Oct 24, 2016
Libs to bring in Yazidi refugees fleeing ISIL within 120 days: McCallum
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister John McCallum says the Liberal government is prepared to start bringing Yazidi refugees into the country within four months. He says the Liberals will support a Conservat...
Oct 24, 2016

The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Oct. 24 CANADA-EU TRADE DEAL STILL BLOCKED: International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland says the head of the European Union and the federal leaders of all ...
Oct 24, 2016
B.C. children's rep Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond issues to-do list on departure
VICTORIA - The woman who has been watching out for British Columbia’s children and youth for the last decade used her final report to urge the province to be accountable and focus on children. M...
Oct 24, 2016
Five things about Belgium's holdout Walloons and the Canada-EU free trade deal
OTTAWA - The 3.5-million French-speaking Walloons of Belgium are standing in the way of the seven years of negotiations that led to the wide-ranging free trade deal between the 35 million people of Ca...
Oct 24, 2016

Quebec man facing deportation 20 years after crime gets two-year stay
LAVAL, Que. - The lawyer for a longtime Quebec resident facing deportation to his native Italy says Ottawa has granted his client a two-year stay. Michele Torre had been given a new deportation order ...
Oct 24, 2016
Some of what Health Canada plans to help Canadians with healthy eating habits
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jane Philpott has unveiled the federal government’s new healthy eating strategy, a multi-pronged plan aimed at helping Canadians eat healthier. Here’s a look at so...
Oct 24, 2016

Wilson-Raybould, former PM Kim Campbell defend new process for top court
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says the Liberal government is going to stick with the selection process that led to the nomination of Newfoundland and Labrador justice Malcolm Rowe to ...
Oct 24, 2016