Category Archives: Canada
RCMP found no evidence Jean Chretien lobbied illegally on N.S. visit: premier
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier says the RCMP has found no evidence that former prime minister Jean Chretien carried out illegal lobbying during a visit to his Halifax office last year. Stephen ...
Mar 13, 2019
B.C. building code adjusted upwards to allow 12-storey wood buildings
OKANAGAN FALLS, B.C. - The height limit for wood buildings in British Columbia is rising to 12 from six storeys in a move that Premier John Horgan expects to spur development using timber and give the...
Mar 13, 2019
Halifax home demolished after fire that claimed the lives of seven children
HALIFAX - Three weeks after a fast-moving house fire killed seven young members of a Syrian refugee family, the charred remains of their suburban Halifax home have been torn down. Neighbour Nicole Sno...
Mar 13, 2019
Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume says he's been diagnosed with prostate cancer
Quebec City’s longtime mayor has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The city said in a statement on Wednesday that Regis Labeaume will gradually scale back his duties and eventually take a lea...
Mar 13, 2019
N.W.T., federal government reach deal on caribou conservation plans
YELLOWKNIFE - Ottawa and the Northwest Territories have reached a deal on protecting threatened caribou. But one environmental group calls so-called Section 11 agreements - draft versions of which hav...
Mar 13, 2019
Kevin Vickers to announce Friday if he'll seek New Brunswick Liberal leadership
FREDERICTON - Former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers is expected to announce Friday whether he intends to seek the Liberal leadership in New Brunswick. The retired ambassador to Irelan...
Mar 13, 2019
Chinese evidence behind canola impasse? 'So far we've heard nothing,' Carr says
OTTAWA - Canada still hasn’t seen the evidence China used to block canola shipments from one of Canada’s largest grain producers, International Trade Minister Jim Carr said Wednesday in an...
Mar 13, 2019
Quebec's plan to reduce immigration levels won't help newcomers: study
MONTREAL - A Quebec think tank says the province’s plan to cut immigration levels is misguided and will not accomplish its intended goal of better integrating newcomers. The Institut de recherch...
Mar 13, 2019
Liberal MPs shut down SNC committee before vote on recalling Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA - Opposition MPs erupted in fury Wednesday after the Liberals used their majority on the House of Commons justice committee to delay an opposition attempt to call Jody Wilson-Raybould to testif...
Mar 13, 2019
Doctor says regulator won't probe complaints on gun control advocacy work
TORONTO - A Toronto doctor says Ontario’s medical regulator has decided not to investigate dozens of complaints made about her push for stricter gun laws. Dr. Najma Ahmed, a trauma surgeon who t...
Mar 13, 2019