Category Archives: Canada
Air Canada failing to provide full services in both official languages: report
OTTAWA - The official languages commissioner says Canadian travellers - particularly francophones - are struggling to get service in their official language of choice from Air Canada. Raymond Thberge ...
May 30, 2023
Canadian Afghan advisers take government to court over alleged discrimination
OTTAWA - Two Canadians who served the military in Afghanistan are suing the federal government over alleged discrimination for failing to rescue their family members from the Taliban. The federal gove...
May 30, 2023
Liberals still have faith in David Johnston's work on foreign meddling: House leader
OTTAWA - Government House leader Mark Holland says the federal Liberals still have faith in the man they appointed to investigate the issue of foreign interference in Canadian elections. But Holland w...
May 30, 2023
Freeland says Liberal government respects Alberta electing Danielle Smith as premier
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Liberal government respects the choice the people of Alberta have made at the ballot box. She made the comment on her way into the federal Lib...
May 30, 2023
In The News for May 30 : Alberta UCP wins majority government
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 30 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
May 30, 2023
'Crushing consequences': experts see growing risk as wildfires crash into communities
The fire department in Slave Lake, Alta., had a long-standing plan for tackling wildfire encroaching on the community, but in May 2011, flames from a nearby forest blewover suppression effortsand dest...
May 30, 2023
Municipality says early estimate is 200 homes or structures damaged in N.S. fire
HALIFAX - The Halifax Regional Municipality says preliminary estimates indicate approximately 200 homes or structures have been damaged by a wildfire that's been burning in suburban Halifax. The munic...
May 30, 2023
Lone tenant in a $400-a-month apartment could hold up major Montreal condo project
MONTREAL - As Carla White looks out the window of her yellow-and-pink, plant-filled apartment in the heart of downtown Montreal, she wonders where she's going to live next. "I look out there and say, ...
May 30, 2023
Journalist and politician: A look at Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
EDMONTON - The United Conservative Party has won a majority government in Alberta's provincial election and Danielle Smith has been re-elected premier. Here are some biographical details: Age: 52. Bor...
May 30, 2023
A look at Alberta elections and governments over the last two decades
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservatives secured a majority government in Monday's provincial election. The Progressive Conservatives, one of the parties that merged to create the UCP, held power in ...
May 30, 2023