Category Archives: Canada
On heels of damning sex abuse verdict, Trump to face voters on live CNN town hall
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is about to make more must-see TV - this time on the heels of a damning verdict in a New York courtroom. The former U.S. president was found liable for sexual abuse and defam...
May 10, 2023
Federally regulated workplaces will soon provide menstrual products for free
OTTAWA - Federally regulated workplaces are expected to begin offering free menstrual products to workers starting in mid-December. Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan has announced changes to the Canada L...
May 10, 2023
Flooding of Bonaparte River means more evacuation orders for Cache Creek, B.C.
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The risk of flooding has prompted more evacuation orders for residents in the Village of Cache Creek, B.C., as higher temperatures quickly melt of mountain snowpacks. In his latest...
May 10, 2023
Canada will help train Ukrainian soldiers in Latvia as war drags on
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand announced today that Canadian military members and their Latvian counterparts will begin training Ukrainian soldiers in Latvia this month. That means Canada is ad...
May 10, 2023
Trudeau to visit South Korea, attend G7 leaders' summit in Japan next week
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to travel to Asia next week for an official visit to South Korea and the G7 leaders' summit in Japan. A news release today says Trudeau will visit Se...
May 10, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Canada will allow online passport renewal services this fall
OTTAWA - Canadians will be able to apply to renew their passports online beginning this fall, says Immigration Minister Sean Fraser. More coming. The Canadian Press
May 10, 2023
Municipalities asked Alberta's United Conservatives to keep aerial wildfire fighters
EDMONTON - Alberta's 2019 decision to cancel funding for an elite wildfire-fighting crew in 2019 came despite pleas to keep the Rapattack program from at least three municipalities, including one that...
May 10, 2023
N.S. approves wind farm, but federal officials worry project would kill at-risk birds
HALIFAX - A 13-turbine wind farm recently approved by the Nova Scotia government is worrying federal officials, who say there isn't enough information about what impact the project will have on the en...
May 10, 2023
CBC resumes activity on some of its Twitter accounts after hitting pause over labels
The CBC and Radio-Canada are returning to Twitter after pausing activity last month over their designation as "government-funded media" by the social media platform. CBC News editor-in-chief Brodie Fe...
May 9, 2023
China working to get Canadians 'at each other's throats': interference researcher
OTTAWA - The managing director of a non-profit that tracks Chinese attempts to influence democracies around the world says Beijing wants to sow discord in western countries. David Salvo says the Allia...
May 9, 2023