Category Archives: Canada
Last of 13 players injured in Humboldt Broncos bus crash released from hospital
SASKATOON - The final Humboldt Broncos player who was injured in a bus crash nearly a year ago has been released from hospital, but still has a tough road ahead. The family of Morgan Gobeil said in a ...
Mar 04, 2019
Federal government targets B.C. guns and gang violence with $5.3 M fund
VICTORIA - The federal government says fighting gun and gang violence in Canada requires collaborative, multi-pronged approaches that involves all levels of government and communities of all sizes. Ga...
Mar 04, 2019
Quebec contacting women with textured breast implants to warn of cancer risk
MONTREAL - The Quebec Health Department wants the thousands of women in the province who have received textured breast implants since 1995 to be warned of a potential cancer risk. The government has a...
Mar 04, 2019
Assoun calls for inquiry into wrongful conviction that led to his imprisonment
HALIFAX - Glen Assoun says he wants a public inquiry to determine what led to his wrongful conviction for murder in 1999 and imprisonment for almost 17 years, saying he is afraid the case will be R...
Mar 04, 2019
'I have lost confidence': Jane Philpott's cabinet resignation letter
OTTAWA - Jane Philpott suddenly resigned from Justin Trudeau’s cabinet Monday, linking her decision to the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair. Below is the full text of her letter to Trudeau, a...
Mar 04, 2019
Small business to get rebates for some of the cost of energy efficiency projects
OTTAWA - The federal government’s plan to ease the carbon-price burden on small businesses will include rebate payments to cover some of the cost of making energy-efficiency upgrades. Environmen...
Mar 04, 2019
Feds hope to break deadlock with new location for Afghan war memorial
OTTAWA - The federal government hopes it has finally locked down a new location for a promised national memorial for the war in Afghanistan, with a Veterans Affairs Canada source telling The Canadian ...
Mar 04, 2019
Defence to present case at Oland murder trial, accused killer to take stand
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Lawyers representing accused killer Dennis Oland will begin presenting the case for the defence on Tuesday, arguing the circumstantial evidence against their client does not support...
Mar 04, 2019
Moose truce: Norway cedes title of tallest ungulate back to Saskatchewan city
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - A Saskatchewan prairie city and a Scandinavian municipality have called off a feud over who has the tallest moose in the world. Moose Jaw Mayor Fraser Tolmie and deputy mayor Linda ...
Mar 04, 2019
Prime Minister says Nova Scotia has lead on Northern Pulp effluent plans
CHARLOTTETOWN - Justin Trudeau says his government is concerned with plans by a pulp mill in northern Nova Scotia to dump treated effluent into the Northumberland Strait, but the prime minister says t...
Mar 04, 2019