Category Archives: Canada
Trudeau waives almost all confidentiality restrictions on Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is waiving both solicitor-client privilege and cabinet confidentiality for his former attorney general, paving the way for Jody Wilson-Raybould to finally tell h...
Feb 25, 2019
New Democrats lose their second provincial leader on East Coast this month
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s NDP leader has quit, after the party decided over the weekend to hold a leadership convention to replace her. Jennifer McKenzie issued a statement saying her resign...
Feb 25, 2019
High winds, blowing snow cause highway chaos, power outages in parts of Ontario
A blast of winter weather that included damaging winds and blowing snow caused chaos on highways in southern Ontario and left thousands of people without power, authorities said Monday. A major crash ...
Feb 25, 2019
'Much, much slower:' Coroner promises change after Humboldt mix-up
REGINA - Saskatchewan’s chief coroner says a public mix-up in identifying two hockey players involved in the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash means, in the future, his office will be more caref...
Feb 25, 2019
More money needed to deal with civil service pay problems, unions say
OTTAWA - The upcoming federal budget must include more money to stabilize the disastrous Phoenix pay system for government employees, and to launch its replacement, the country’s biggest civil s...
Feb 25, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 25
Five stories in the news for Monday, Feb. 25 --- SINGH’S FATE IN HANDS OF BYELECTION VOTERS Jagmeet Singh’s political fate, and the fortunes of the New Democratic Party as a whole, are in ...
Feb 25, 2019
Singh cements leadership with B.C. byelection win but NDP loses Outremont
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh tightened his shaky grip on the reins of the NDP Monday by winning a do-or-die federal byelection in British Columbia. But the challenge he now faces in reviving the party’...
Feb 25, 2019
Caribou Marketing Board: Regulating wild food suggested to ease Arctic hunger
Northerners could get relief from sky-high grocery bills if Ottawa were to help regulate and encourage the sale of food harvested from the land, a federal advisory board has concluded. In a report rel...
Feb 25, 2019
Trump adviser Kudlow 'proud' of Canada, Trudeau, for handling of Huawei case
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s senior economic adviser gave Canada and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a symbolic pat on the back Sunday for how the federal government has been “hangi...
Feb 24, 2019
Turnout at funeral for seven young fire victims shows widespread support: imam
HALIFAX - The massive turnout at a funeral for seven young victims of a devastating house fire shows that Halifax is uniting in support of the surviving members of the family, according to the spiritu...
Feb 24, 2019