Category Archives: Canadian Press

Liberals plan to boost immigration to be matched by cash in federal budget
OTTAWA - Tuesday’s federal budget is expected to detail how the Liberal government will financially manage their planned increase in immigration over the next three years. The Liberals last fall...
Feb 26, 2018

Nassar victims help unveil sweeping child abuse legislation
LANSING, Mich. - Victims of imprisoned former sports doctor Larry Nassar helped unveil what they described Monday as a sweeping rewrite of Michigan laws related to childhood sexual abuse, saying the c...
Feb 26, 2018

Trial begins over fuel spill in English Bay, one defendant doesn't show up
VANCOUVER - A port worker says he suspected large plumes of oil that were shining on the surface of the water in Vancouver’s harbour nearly three years ago was bunker fuel, based on the smell. A...
Feb 26, 2018

Tanya Talaga wins $30,000 RBC Taylor Prize for non-fiction writing
Toronto journalist Tanya Talaga won the $30,000 RBC Taylor Prize on Monday and dedicated her speech to the subjects of the book she wishes she “did not have to write” - seven Indigenous yo...
Feb 26, 2018
Halifax campus death called 'crime' on Lebanese website is not suspicious:police
HALIFAX - Police say they have no evidence to support allegations published on a Lebanese website of a “heinous crime” in the death of a Lebanese Canadian student at Saint Mary’s Uni...
Feb 26, 2018

Acadia University launches investigation into controversial professor
WOLFVILLE, N.S. - Acadia University has launched a formal investigation into complaints against a professor over controversial comments he made on social media and in the classroom. Heather Hemming, v...
Feb 26, 2018
Report suggests growing gap between greenhouse gas projections and promises
A recently released federal report suggests the gap is growing between Canada’s greenhouse gas reduction promises and what its policies are likely to achieve. The news comes as the Liberal gover...
Feb 26, 2018
Canadian music festivals among 45 pledging gender equality in lineups by 2022
TORONTO - Four Canadian music events are joining an international pledge to fight inequality in the industry by vowing to have gender parity across their lineups by 2022. Montreal’s electronic m...
Feb 26, 2018

Hudson Bay communities hold first meeting to talk climate, development
MONTREAL - The 27 communities that ring Hudson Bay are scheduled to meet Tuesday for the first time to talk about climate change, environmental protection and the impact of development in their vast a...
Feb 26, 2018

Big Tobacco miffed over health committee snub, opposes plain packaging proposal
OTTAWA - Canada’s largest tobacco manufacturer says it is being treated unfairly after a government health committee refused to hear its input in person on proposed changes to smoking laws. R...
Feb 26, 2018