Category Archives: Canada

Hospitals threatened to not see troops after military cut reimbursement rates
OTTAWA - Senior defence officials were warned that a fight with provinces and hospitals over soldiers' medical costs could mean "negative exposure" weeks before it erupted on the federal cam...
Feb 11, 2020

Ontario family gets ready to say goodbye to toddler found dead with father
THORNHILL, Ont. - The family of a four-year-old girl found dead alongside her father at the bottom of an escarpment west of Toronto says they will get a chance to view her body today. P...
Feb 11, 2020

NewsAlert: CN Rail threatens to close network over blockades
MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway Co. says it will be forced to close "significant" parts of its Canadian network unless blockades impeding its rail lines are removed. More to come. Com...
Feb 11, 2020

Conservatives press Trudeau on alleged Chinese role in hack of Canadian data
OTTAWA - The Conservatives want to know what federal officials are doing about China's alleged involvement in the theft of data from thousands of Canadians. In a letter to Prime Mi...
Feb 11, 2020

Quebec knew about illegal Hasidic religious schools for decades, trial hears
MONTREAL - A witness has testified at a civil trial that the Quebec government knew for decades Hasidic Jewish children were not receiving a legal secular education. Maryse Ma...
Feb 11, 2020

Inquiry learns about gap in care for former soldier Lionel Desmond
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A nurse who assessed Lionel Desmond two months before the Afghanistan war veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 says his symptoms of post-traumatic stress di...
Feb 11, 2020

Entrances to B.C. legislature blocked as pipeline protests flare across Canada
VICTORIA - Hundreds of protesters blocked the entrances to the British Columbia legislature on Tuesday as demonstrations in support of Indigenous hereditary chiefs who oppose a pipeline project contin...
Feb 11, 2020

1.2M litres of oil spilled in Saskatchewan train derailment
GUERNSEY, Sask. - The Saskatchewan government says about 1.2 million litres of oil was spilled during a fiery train derailment in Saskatchewan last week. The province's ministry of environment says th...
Feb 11, 2020

Trudeau to take UN Security Council pitch to Caribbean next week
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will head to the Caribbean next week to make his pitch to a new audience for why Canada should be given a seat on the UN Security Council. Trudeau is to fly to t...
Feb 11, 2020

Further measures coming to protect endangered right whales, minister says
HALIFAX - Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says Ottawa will announce further measures in the coming weeks to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Speaking to a fishing gear i...
Feb 11, 2020