Category Archives: Canada
Ugly U.S. election discourages women from taking part in politics: B.C. premier
VANCOUVER - The premier of British Columbia says the toxic nature of the United States presidential election race is a setback in the campaign to get more women involved in politics. Christy Clark say...
Oct 14, 2016
Back-alley tent in Vancouver offers safety for addicts in bid to curb overdoses
VANCOUVER - Sarah Blyth was weary of rushing to counteract an overdose every time someone screamed “Narcan!” from a nearby alley in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, so she joined other...
Oct 14, 2016
Federal government reduces size of proposed emergency fund for pipeline spills
CALGARY - The federal government is reducing the size of a proposed emergency fund pipeline operators would be required to have on hand to deal with short-term costs of incidents such as spills. Natur...
Oct 14, 2016

Family, friends, colleagues express condolences on death of Jim Prentice
Former Alberta premier and federal cabinet minister Jim Prentice died Thursday in a plane crash near Kelowna, British Columbia. Family, friends and political colleagues expressed their condolences: - ...
Oct 14, 2016

Jim Prentice, former Alberta premier, was key figure in conservative movement
EDMONTON - Jim Prentice came of age “under the bins” of the Crowsnest Pass coal mines to emerge as Alberta’s 16th premier and one of the seminal figures of the modern-day conservativ...
Oct 14, 2016
Montreal seeks right to appeal ruling that suspended pit bull-related measures
MONTREAL - Quebec’s highest court will rule whether Montreal can appeal a lower court decision that put its controversial pit bull measures on ice pending a legal challenge. Lawyers for the city...
Oct 14, 2016
Toronto woman allowed to return after residency revoked while abroad
TORONTO - A Toronto woman who has spent the past two months stranded in Russia after having her permanent residency status revoked while abroad will soon be coming home. Julia Yakobi’s daughter ...
Oct 14, 2016

Bella Bella fuel spill prompts B.C. premier to blast federal government
VANCOUVER - As crews scramble to contain and clean up a diesel spill in waters off British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest Premier Christy Clark lashed out Friday at the federal government̵...
Oct 14, 2016
Feds warned infrastructure cash could be lost without stricter vetting process
OTTAWA - The federal infrastructure minister was told earlier this year that the government needed to change how it doles out infrastructure cash to ensure billions in new spending doesn’t go to...
Oct 14, 2016

Federal justice minister pledges to appoint more judges 'in the near future'
HALIFAX - Canada’s justice minister says she’s poised to appoint a number of new judges to the bench following criticism from Alberta, where a first-degree murder charge was stayed because...
Oct 14, 2016