Category Archives: Canada
Trudeau takes personal hit amid SNC-Lavalin controversy: Leger poll for CP
OTTAWA - A new poll conducted by Leger for The Canadian Press shows that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking a personal hit in the SNC-Lavalin controversy. Overall, 41 per cent of respondents beli...
Feb 20, 2019
Missing snowshoer found dead in avalanche debris on Vancouver's North Shore
VANCOUVER - Searchers discovered the body of a missing snowshoer in avalanche debris on Vancouver’s North Shore on Wednesday, two days after he was swept away. Peter Haigh of North Shore Rescue ...
Feb 20, 2019
Final Crown witnesses to take stand in Oland trial as prosecutors near end
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Legal arguments dominated the second-degree murder trial of Dennis Oland on Wednesday and led to an early adjournment before a key prosecution witness could take the stand. Crown pr...
Feb 20, 2019
Japanese-Canadian baseball team, internment highlighted in new heritage minute
VANCOUVER - A new heritage minute is sharing the story of a pioneering baseball team in British Columbia and the shameful government policy that tore them apart. Composed of Japanese Canadian players,...
Feb 20, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 20
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Feb. 20 --- MEMORIAL HELD FOR SYRIAN CHILDREN KILLED IN FIRE Dozens of people gathered outside the charred remnants of a suburban Halifax home Tuesday night to ...
Feb 20, 2019
PM joins hundreds in Halifax square to remember 7 refugee children lost in fire
HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among the hundreds of people who gathered in Halifax’s main square Wednesday night in support of a Syrian refugee family that lost seven children in a...
Feb 20, 2019
Liberals defeat opposition call for public inquiry into SNC-Lavalin pressure
OTTAWA - The Liberals used their majority Wednesday to defeat an opposition motion calling for a public inquiry into allegations that the Prime Minister’s Office pressured Jody Wilson-Raybould t...
Feb 20, 2019
NDP candidates push for stronger climate action as Singh supports LNG Canada
BURNABY, B.C. - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is facing calls from within the party for a stronger stance on climate change as he defends his support of the $40-billion LNG Canada project in northe...
Feb 20, 2019
Quebec minister refuses to bend on bill upping legal age to consume cannabis
Quebec junior health minister Lionel Carmant is refusing to bend on legislation that seeks to increase the legal age of cannabis consumption from 18 to 21 and ban the product from all public areas acr...
Feb 19, 2019
Mother accused of murdering daughters had reached breaking point: defence
LAVAL, Que. - People who saw a Quebec woman on the day she is alleged to have killed her two daughters testified that she acted “as if she was in a coma” and was “disconnected from r...
Feb 19, 2019