Category Archives: Canada
Ambrose suggests UN Security Council seat is motivating the peacekeeping mission
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are planning to push the Liberals to better define their plans for a United Nations peacekeeping mission - and their reason for taking one on. “There is no peace to ke...
Sep 18, 2016
A look at priorities, challenges facing Liberals, Conservatives, NDP
OTTAWA - Parliament reopens for business Monday after a 12-week summer break. Here’s a look at the priorities the three main political parties have staked out and the challenges each faces in wh...
Sep 18, 2016

Parliament resumes with government facing tough choices, stagnant economy
OTTAWA - Now for the hard part. After 10 months of a prolonged honeymoon, consultations on dozens of difficult issues and soaring rhetoric that suggested anything is possible, Justin Trudeau’s L...
Sep 18, 2016
Quebec teens arrested after allegedly planning to kill acquaintances
SAINT HYACINTHE, Pq - Two Quebec teens have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and assault in an alleged plot against three of their peers. The suspects, ages 14 and 16, were arrested in Sa...
Sep 18, 2016
Resignation of chief statistician was months in the making: documents
OTTAWA - Canada’s chief statistician was warned three months before his surprising resignation last week that a showdown with the federal government was inevitable as the agency pushed for more ...
Sep 18, 2016

Sex attack survivor's lawsuit raises questions over police warnings
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - She was finishing her last college exams, the Christmas season stretching before her, when she went out for a Saturday night in downtown St. John’s with friends. What sh...
Sep 18, 2016

Soviets 'never short of reasons' for losing at hockey, diplomats found in 1976
OTTAWA - Canadian diplomats wryly noted the Soviets were “never short of reasons” as to why their hockey team stumbled against the world’s best four decades ago, newly declassified d...
Sep 18, 2016
Canadian Food Inspection Agency recalling smoked salmon over listeria concerns
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling Wild Sockeye Smoked Salmon and Sensations Wild Pacific Smoked Salmon over listeria concerns. In a release issued Saturday night, officials say...
Sep 18, 2016
Media groups push to intervene in Vice Media fight with RCMP
TORONTO - Forcing journalists to act as investigators for police would undermine the critical role news outlets play in a free society, a coalition of media organizations argue in documents filed with...
Sep 18, 2016

'Lost everything:' Economic Downturn forces people to give up animal friends
CALGARY - Surrender never comes easily. An animal information card at the Calgary Humane Society identifies the temporary resident inside as a grey-and-white kitten named “Marilyn” who has...
Sep 18, 2016