Category Archives: Canada
B.C. to start measles 'catch-up' campaign, offering shots at schools, clinics
VICTORIA - British Columbia is starting a measles immunization catch-up drive next month in a bid to vaccinate 95 per cent of the province’s youth amid an outbreak of 19 confirmed measles cases....
Mar 21, 2019
A timeline of events in the SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - A chronology of the SNC- Lavalin controversy, according to public documents, reports and testimony to the House of Commons justice committee: Feb. 19, 2015 – The RCMP lays corruption an...
Mar 21, 2019
Cheetahs will not prosper in B.C.: panel rejects permit request for two big cats
NELSON, B.C. - The owners of two cheetahs will not be allowed to return the large, African cats to southeastern British Columbia to use them as ambassador animals promoting conservation of the endange...
Mar 21, 2019
Kenney promises vote on equalization in 2021 if no pipeline progress
CALGARY - The leader of Alberta’s United Conservatives is promising a referendum on equalization if there’s no major progress on market-opening pipelines. Jason Kenney says if he becomes p...
Mar 21, 2019
Highlights of Quebec's 2019-20 budget
QUEBEC - Finance Minister Eric Girard tabled the Coalition Avenir Quebec government’s first budget on Thursday. Here are some highlights: - Balanced books for the fifth straight year in Quebec, ...
Mar 21, 2019
'The right thing was done:' Manitoba family gets guardianship of seized baby
WINNIPEG - The mother of a newborn who was seen in a social media video being taken away by authorities in hospital says she is relieved a judge has given guardianship to the family. But she says her ...
Mar 21, 2019
Senator tables bill with former UN envoy to spend seized assets of dictators
OTTAWA - An independent Canadian senator has proposed a bill that would allow the government to take the frozen assets of dictators and their cronies to help refugees forced to flee their tyranny. Sen...
Mar 21, 2019
Trudeau says Canada still welcomes immigration despite plan to beef up border
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada remains welcoming to newcomers even as his government takes steps to curb the influx of asylum seekers coming into the country at unoffici...
Mar 21, 2019
Real-life tsunami threat in Port Alberni, B.C., prompts evacuation updates
VICTORIA - When tsunami-alert sirens rang out in the dead of night in Port Alberni 14 months ago, most people fled for higher ground but some didn’t recognize the emergency signal, says a new st...
Mar 21, 2019
The hard life of a wild Sable Island horse:'Eking out a living on this sandbar'
HALIFAX - Researchers studying the carcasses of Sable Island’s fabled wild horses have discovered many had unusual levels of parasites and sand, suggesting they are tougher than most horses, eve...
Mar 21, 2019