Category Archives: Canada
Indigenous guardians sound alarm about climate change impacts in Canada
VANCOUVER - Growing up in a small, remote First Nations community in northwestern British Columbia, Jarett Quock found he faced racism and stereotypes from non-Indigenous people whenever he left the r...
Mar 14, 2019
New federal food guide may be 'out of reach' for most Canadians:report
The fruit-and-vegetable-heavy fare touted in the new federal food guide may be too expensive - or perhaps just not enticing enough - to easily form the basis of most Canadians’ diets, a new repo...
Mar 14, 2019
Federal budget expected to have more wiggle room, even with weaker outlook
OTTAWA - The improved economy is expected to give the Trudeau government more fiscal room than anticipated in next week’s pre-election budget - but a wobbly economic finish to 2018 means conditi...
Mar 14, 2019
Saskatchewan court reserves decision on challenge of school funding ruling
REGINA - Saskatchewan’s Appeal Court has reserved it decision on the province’s challenge of a ruling that prohibits funding of non-Catholic students attending separate schools. A judge ru...
Mar 13, 2019
Studies shed light on impact of virus on farmed Atlantic salmon in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Two new studies suggest a fish virus linked with a potentially deadly disease in Norway that has inspired an anti-fish farm movement on the West Coast isn’t as harmful as some believ...
Mar 13, 2019
Private school finds no exam written by Sidoo son on date alleged in indictment
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver private school has concluded its investigation after an indictment alleged that businessman David Sidoo paid someone to take a high school graduation exam on behalf of his olde...
Mar 13, 2019
NDP welcomes new candidate in Quebec who is 'not that much' of a sovereigntist
MONTREAL - The NDP welcomed a candidate Wednesday who says she is “not that much” of a sovereigntist as it continued a push launched this week to rebuild in Quebec ahead of the federal ele...
Mar 13, 2019
PQ plans to modernize but can't shake old habit of public infighting
MONTREAL - Its 2017 “rejuvenation” did nothing to avert last October’s election disaster, but the Parti Quebecois says a new plan to modernize itself will be different than all previ...
Mar 13, 2019
Manitoba has potential vendors wanting to sell cannabis in rural areas
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says nearly 100 organizations have pre-qualified for the expansion of retail cannabis sales. While it’s not known how many will be approved, the government is ...
Mar 13, 2019
Saskatchewan city council rejects group home for people with disabilities
WEYBURN, Sask. - A Saskatchewan mayor says no offence was intended when Weyburn city council rejected a care home for people with disabilities this week, in part due to concerns it would drag down pro...
Mar 13, 2019