Category Archives: Canada
Prime minister's Regina trip cancelled in favour of private meetings in Ottawa
REGINA - A scheduled visit by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Regina has been cancelled. Eleanore Catenaro, a spokeswoman for Trudeau, confirmed to The Canadian Press this morning that the prime mini...
Mar 05, 2019
In the news today, Mar. 5
Eight stories in the news for Tuesday, Mar. 5 --- PM MORE CONCILIATORY AFTER SECOND MINISTER RESIGNS OVER SNC-LAVALIN Treasury Board president Jane Philpott resigned from cabinet Monday saying sheR...
Mar 05, 2019
Trudeau's feminist agenda has led to change, but more funding needed: reports
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has enacted genuinely feminist policies but needs to back them up with more money if it wants to make a lasting difference, Oxfam Canada says. The charity released its ...
Mar 05, 2019
Saskatchewan man kept in segregation for more than 2,000 days: advocates
REGINA - Prisoners advocates are asking a Federal Court to intervene in the case of a Dene man from northern Saskatchewan who they say has spent most of his adult life in segregation and is at risk of...
Mar 05, 2019
Obama tells Winnipeg audience that politics being driven by passions not facts
WINNIPEG - Barack Obama says there is a danger in the United States and around the world with politics being driven by passions disconnected from facts. “I think the danger that we have sometime...
Mar 04, 2019
Police search for driver after crash hurts two officers in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - The RCMP were searching for a driver who they say fled a badly damaged stolen vehicle on Monday after it crashed into a parked police cruiser and injured two officers in Burnaby, B.C. ...
Mar 04, 2019
First Nations University president says he won't seek another term
REGINA - The president of the First Nations University of Canada says he will not be seeking a second term and will step down when his current term ends in June. Loretta Pete, vice-chair of the univer...
Mar 04, 2019
Quebec Court of Appeal rules companies can suffer cruel and unusual punishment
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has ruled that the Charter protection against cruel and unusual punishment can apply to companies as well as individuals. The question arose when a company convic...
Mar 04, 2019
A timeline of the SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - A chronology of events in the SNC-Lavalin controversy: Feb. 19, 2015 – The RCMP lays corruption and fraud charges against Montreal-based engineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin, o...
Mar 04, 2019
Saskatchewan's Moe wants carbon tax delayed pending Appeal Court ruling
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is asking Ottawa to hold off on imposing a carbon tax next month until the province’s Court of Appeal has ruled on its constitutionality. Saskatchewan is ...
Mar 04, 2019