Category Archives: Canada
Highlights from Monday's throne speech at the Manitoba legislature
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government tabled its throne speech Monday, kicking off a new legislative session with promises to wrestle an $846 million deficit inherited from the previous NDP government. H...
Nov 21, 2016
Manitoba government aims to limit wage increases, control spending
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government plans to pass a law to control wage increases in the public sector and aims to eliminate dozens of provincial boards and commissions as it tries to bring down a stub...
Nov 21, 2016
Man accused in B.C. school stabbing breaks silence in court
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A man accused in a deadly stabbing at a British Columbia high school has broken his courtroom silence after rebuffing earlier attempts by court officials and lawyers to engage with ...
Nov 21, 2016
Winnipeg police call fentanyl an epidemic as suspected overdose deaths mount
WINNIPEG - Police in Winnipeg say fentanyl is an epidemic that is responsible for a growing number of deaths that now include two more suspected fatal overdoses. Const. Jason Michalyshen said officers...
Nov 21, 2016
N.S. wins deal to use coal-fired plants past new federal deadline of 2030
HALIFAX - Ottawa and Nova Scotia announced an agreement in principle Monday that would allow the province to use coal-fired electrical plants beyond the new federal deadline to phase them out by 2030....
Nov 21, 2016
Canada's 150th birthday to be marked with National Canadian Film Day
TORONTO - National Canadian Film Day will unspool across the country in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday next year. The non-profit organization Reel Canada announced Monday that the federa...
Nov 21, 2016
Three cigarette companies in court appealing 2015 landmark Quebec judgment
MONTREAL - After being on the losing end of a $15-billion ruling in 2015, three major tobacco firms began their appeal on Monday in an effort to overturn the historic verdict. Lawyers for Imperial Tob...
Nov 21, 2016
Alberta lauds federal coal phase out; matches provincial one now underway
EDMONTON - Alberta’s environment minister says a federal plan to phase out coal-fired electricity helps validate the province’s own goal and demonstrates there’s no going back. Shann...
Nov 21, 2016
Sri Lanka must make reparations to Canadian after imprisonment: UN
TORONTO - The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ordered the Sri Lankan government to make reparations for the alleged detention and torture of a Canadian man over the course of three years. Th...
Nov 21, 2016
Nova Scotia to include adults in expansion of restorative justice program
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia says it will expand its restorative justice program to include adult offenders. Justice Minister Diana Whalen says the program has been shown to be an effective option for victim...
Nov 21, 2016