Category Archives: Canada
No more coal investments for Export Development Canada, new policy says
OTTAWA - Canada’s export-development bank is getting entirely out of the coal game but will continue to fund the oil-and-gas sector as the world transitions towards cleaner sources of energy. Ex...
Jan 28, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 28
Five stories in the news for Monday, Jan. 28 --- MPS ON ELECTION FOOTING AS PARLIAMENT RESUMES Federal politicians will be on election footing as they resume parliamentary business today. They’l...
Jan 28, 2019
'Why didn't you stop?' Humboldt Bronco families hear details of deadly crash
MELFORT, Sask. - Grieving families sobbed Monday as they heard how a semi-truck driver barrelled through an oversized stop sign with a flashing red light and failed to avoid a high-speed crash with a ...
Jan 28, 2019
MPs try to find way in temporary digs for last sitting before election
OTTAWA - Newly minted Treasury Board President Jane Philpott was just finishing a scrum with reporters in the foyer of the new House of Commons in Ottawa Monday. She told journalists to “enjoy t...
Jan 28, 2019
Widow of Quebec mosque shooting victim wins fight for compensation
The widow of one of the victims of Quebec City’s mosque shooting has won her battle for compensation just days before the anniversary of the tragedy, her lawyer said Sunday. Lawyer Marc Bellemar...
Jan 27, 2019
Scheer warns of unaffordable tax increases if Liberals re-elected
OTTAWA - Canadians will pay more taxes if the Liberals are re-elected, Andrew Scheer warned Sunday as he rallied his Conservative troops for the last sitting of Parliament before an election this fall...
Jan 27, 2019
Maxime Bernier names People's Party candidate for Montreal-area byelection
MONTREAL - People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier has chosen a candidate to represent his party in its first-ever Quebec election. Bernier was in the Montreal area on Sunday to launch th...
Jan 27, 2019
Officials ponder easing mobility for doctors, nurses between provinces
HALIFAX - Efforts to create regional licensing for health care professionals in Atlantic Canada could be the vanguard for similar changes nationally, a leading advocate says. The four East Coast premi...
Jan 27, 2019
Maxime Bernier names candidate to run in Montreal-area federal byelection
MONTREAL - People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier has chosen a candidate to represent his party in its first-ever Quebec election. Bernier will be in the Montreal area today to launch the campaign...
Jan 27, 2019
Crisis Group says it trusts Ottawa to help free detainees after McCallum firing
The employer of a Canadian man detained in China expressed confidence Sunday in the Trudeau government following the firing of ambassador John McCallum, a positive glimmer in an otherwise grim post-mo...
Jan 27, 2019