Category Archives: Canada
U.S. confirms it will ask Canada to extradite Huawei executive; China protests
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice will formally ask Canada to extradite the chief financial officer of Chinese tech titan Huawei, ensuring a protracted global dispute that one former America...
Jan 22, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 22
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 22 --- CANADA FOOD GUIDE FACELIFT COMING TODAY Canadians will finally see Health Canada’s modern spin on healthy eating today. Health Minister Ginette ...
Jan 22, 2019
New Canada Food Guide nixes portion sizes, promotes plant-based proteins
OTTAWA - The Canada Food Guide’s familiar food rainbow has been replaced with an interactive plate of guidelines promoting healthier lifestyles and updated food suggestions - changes being widel...
Jan 22, 2019
Yellow vests in Canada bear no resemblance to protesters in France: ambassador
OTTAWA - Canada’s ambassador to France says this country’s yellow-vest protest movement bears little resemblance to the “gilets jaunes” who started it all in France. Isabelle H...
Jan 21, 2019
Overspending on luxury trips cited as part of RCMP's probe of government in B.C.
VICTORIA - The Speaker of the British Columbia legislature alleges in a report that the clerk and sergeant-at-arms engaged in flagrant overspending, questionable expenses and inappropriate payouts of ...
Jan 21, 2019
NDP, Liberals pitch for urban votes with competing affordable housing plans
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is proposing three measures he says will help build 500,000 new affordable housing units across Canada over the next 10 years. The NDP leader says the federal government should ...
Jan 21, 2019
Democrat hopefuls either declared or considering presidential runs next year
WASHINGTON - California Sen. Kamala Harris announced Monday she intends to seek the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump for the White House in 2020. She joins an already cro...
Jan 21, 2019
Five things about possible involvement of Huawei in Canada's 5G networks
OTTAWA - Five things about the possible involvement of Huawei Technologies in Canada’s 5G mobile networks: What is 5G? The development of 5G - or fifth-generation - mobile networks will give use...
Jan 21, 2019
Six eagles killed, six injured after eating tainted carcass on Vancouver Island
DUNCAN, B.C. - Animal experts say no more bald eagles have been found since 12 sick or dying birds were taken in for care on southern Vancouver Island. Robyn Radcliffe, the executive director of the R...
Jan 21, 2019
Crown opens case against accused: Winnipeg bus driver was stabbed multiple times
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg bus driver was killed on the job by an angry passenger who refused to leave the vehicle at the end of a run, a Crown attorney said at the opening of a two-week second-degree murd...
Jan 21, 2019