Category Archives: Canada
Quebec government blasted on Day 1 of hearings into bill on religious neutrality
The Quebec government was strongly criticized Tuesday for excluding the word “secular” from its proposed legislation on state religious neutrality. Opposition parties and a women’s r...
Oct 18, 2016
Chinese billionaires' message to Trudeau: open trade and investment even further
OTTAWA - The head of a group of China’s most powerful business leaders is calling on Justin Trudeau to open Canada’s trade and investment doors even wider to the Asian superpower. Several ...
Oct 18, 2016
Liberals under fire for clampdown on Iraq mission details
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is under fire for a lack of transparency around Canada’s mission in Iraq, which entered a critical stage this week with the attack on Mosul. Conservative defence ...
Oct 18, 2016

Former MP Andrew Saxton, businessman Rick Peterson join list of Tory hopefuls
OTTAWA - The Conservative leadership race has two more names - both from British Columbia - on its growing list of contenders. Andrew Saxton, Conservative MP for North Vancouver for seven years before...
Oct 18, 2016
Clock to begin on potential Nova Scotia teachers strike after report filed
HALIFAX - The countdown to a potential strike by Nova Scotia’s 9,000 unionized teachers has begun now that a conciliator’s report has been filed on their contract dispute with the provinci...
Oct 18, 2016
Belgian foreign minister's Twitter hacked, profane message sent aimed at Canada
OTTAWA - The Belgian government says a profane Twitter message featuring a photo of former prime minister Stephen Harper is the work of hackers, not their foreign affairs minister. Someone accessed th...
Oct 18, 2016
Mystery behind fatal plane crash poses particular challenge for investigators
VANCOUVER - Federal investigators have an especially challenging mystery on their hands piecing together what caused a small jet to crash last Thursday shortly after taking off from a British Columbia...
Oct 18, 2016
'Horribly sick kids:' Arctic regions have highest infant lung infection in world
Research shows newborn babies in some Arctic regions have the highest rates of serious lung infections ever recorded in medical literature. A paper published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Associatio...
Oct 18, 2016
Native group, Ontario and feds reach agreement in principle on land claim
OTTAWA - The Algonquins of Ontario have signed an agreement in principle with Ontario and the federal government which they say marks a major step towards settlement of a long-standing land claim. The...
Oct 18, 2016

Progress report on Justin Trudeau's election campaign promises, one year later
OTTAWA - When it comes to keeping promises, Canadians know full well that politicians are not at all like Horton, the Dr. Seuss character who “meant what I said and I said what I meant: an eleph...
Oct 18, 2016