Category Archives: Canada
Students raise concerns about mental health resources at UofT after suicide
TORONTO - A recent suicide at Canada’s largest university has students sounding the alarm about what they perceive as a dearth of campus resources to address mental health concerns. A student de...
Mar 20, 2019
Saskatchewan budget: Firefighters, organ donors win; teachers, students less so
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government tabled its 2019-20 budget Wednesday. Here’s an idea of who will be happy and who might not be as pleased. WINNERS Volunteer firefighters: The budget introduc...
Mar 20, 2019
Highlights of Saskatchewan's 2019-2020 budget
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government introduced its 2019-2020 budget Wednesday. Here are a few of the highlights: - Provincial sales tax stays at six per cent; no new taxes or increases. - New $3,000 ...
Mar 20, 2019
Border agency watchdog will 'fill gap' for disgruntled travellers, Goodale says
OTTAWA - Travellers, immigration detainees and others who feel mistreated by Canada’s border agency will be able to complain to an independent body under a new measure included in the federal bu...
Mar 20, 2019
Quebec Court of Appeal upholds Richard Henry Bain's sentence in election shooting
MONTREAL - The sentence given 2012 Quebec election night shooter Richard Henry Bain will remain unchanged, Quebec’s Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday. Bain was convicted of attacking a Parti Quebe...
Mar 20, 2019
Celina Caesar-Chavannes quits Liberal caucus, sits as independent MP
OTTAWA - Celina Caesar-Chavannes has informed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that she’s leaving the federal Liberal caucus and will sit as an Independent MP. The Whitby, Ont., MP has been a vocal...
Mar 20, 2019
Trial of alleged Fredericton shooter set for 8 weeks this autumn
FREDERICTON - A Fredericton man accused of fatally shooting four people, including two police officers, in a killing spree last August will stand trial this fall. Eight weeks have been set aside for t...
Mar 20, 2019
Canada says B.C. trying to impede Trans Mountain with pipeline legislation
VANCOUVER - The Canadian government says British Columbia is trying to obstruct the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion with “Trojan Horse” legislation that the province is passing off as a ...
Mar 20, 2019
SNC-Lavalin CEO says he never cited job losses in push for remediation agreement
TORONTO - The chief executive of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. says he never cited the protection of 9,000 Canadian jobs as a reason the company should be granted a remediation agreement to avoid a criminal ...
Mar 20, 2019
Budget answers long-standing calls for federal strategy on dementia
OTTAWA - Health advocacy groups and MPs are cheering the Liberal government’s proposal to spend $50 million over five years to support a national dementia strategy that’s to be released la...
Mar 20, 2019