Category Archives: Canada

Preliminary search finds no reports of coerced sterilization to police: RCMP
OTTAWA - The head of the RCMP says the police force is looking into whether any complaints about forced or coerced sterilizations have been made to law-enforcement agencies in Canada, but that a preli...
Apr 02, 2019

N.B. mayor extends welcome mat to Quebecers unhappy at new legislation
FREDERICTON - A northern New Brunswick mayor is rolling out the welcome mat for Quebecers upset with their province's move to restrict some people from wearing religious symbols. Cyrille Simard, the m...
Apr 02, 2019

Nearly 900 Canadians found in Panama Papers, but no charges have yet been laid
OTTAWA - Canada's tax agency has identified nearly 900 Canadian people and corporate entities in the Panama Papers and five criminal investigations are underway, but so far no charges have b...
Apr 02, 2019

Canada's failure to fight climate change 'disturbing,' environment watchdog says
OTTAWA - Environment Commissioner Julie Gelfand says Canada is not doing enough to combat climate change. Gelfand delivered her final audits Tuesday before her five-year term expires, looking at ...
Apr 02, 2019

Environmental audit urges feds to shore up monitoring of mining waste
OTTAWA - Canada's environmental watchdog says Environment Canada is properly monitoring the dumping of mining waste into the country's waterways, but is not inspecting potash, coal and ...
Apr 02, 2019

Dieppe veteran who was Canadian Army's longest-serving officer dies at 101
MONTREAL - Honorary Col. David Lloyd Hart, a decorated Second World War veteran who was the Canadian Army's oldest and longest-serving officer, has died at age 101. The Canadian Armed Forces...
Apr 02, 2019

Cabinet members openly debate Jody Wilson-Raybould's future in Liberal caucus
OTTAWA - A day before a crucial Liberal caucus meeting where former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould could be shown the door, members of the Trudeau cabinet are focusing on what was behind h...
Apr 02, 2019

New carbon tax starts coming in for 4 provinces that fought the federal plan
People in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick will be paying more for gasoline and heating fuel Monday when the federal government's carbon tax begins in provinces th...
Apr 02, 2019

In the news today, April 2
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, April 2 --- MOTHER SAYS BABY NAMED AFTER BRONCOS PLAYER A Saskatchewan woman who named her baby after a hockey player killed in the Humboldt Broncos cra...
Apr 02, 2019

Police identify one of four suspects in alleged kidnapping of Chinese student
Police investigating the alleged abduction of a Chinese student from a parking garage north of Toronto said they've managed to identify one of the four suspects wanted in the case. York Regional Polic...
Apr 02, 2019