Category Archives: Canada
Manitoba's Pallister blasts Quebec over list of demands to federal parties
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says a list of demands by his Quebec counterpart presented to the prime minister last week is nothing more than “brokerage politics.” Pallister ...
Jan 21, 2019
Mac gives Moose Jaw permission to make him tallest moose in world again
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Mac has given his caretakers in Moose Jaw, Sask., permission to once again make him the world’s tallest moose statue. The moose says he would even wear an RCMP Stetson or stil...
Jan 21, 2019
Crown criticizes parole ruling for U.S.-born convicted killer, sexual predator
HALIFAX - A top Nova Scotia prosecutor is questioning a parole board decision allowing the release and deportation of a convicted killer and sexual predator, saying it’s based on “hope ove...
Jan 21, 2019
B.C. police say girl, 2, died by snake venom; man arrested, charged
VANCOUVER - The mother of a little girl who North Vancouver police say died when she was poisoned by snake venom says she’ll remember baby Aleka as happy, bubbly and someone who loved to play tr...
Jan 21, 2019
Premier says no changes to Quebec gun registry despite call for better screening
MONTREAL - The head of the Quebec City mosque where six men were killed in a shooting almost two years ago wants the province to tighten up controls over who has access to firearms. In a letter to Pre...
Jan 21, 2019
Man who killed Const. Sarah Beckett gets partial parole for rehab treatment
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A drunk driver who killed RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett in a crash has been granted limited day parole to attend alcohol abuse treatment, but a parole board member cautioned that the ma...
Jan 21, 2019
Tory leader Andrew Scheer promises more autonomy for Quebec on immigration
MONTREAL - Quebec will be given more autonomy over immigration if the federal Conservatives win October’s election, party leader Andrew Scheer promised Monday. But he wouldn’t say whether ...
Jan 21, 2019
Two men charged in Ivory Coast for trying to blackmail MP Tony Clement
OTTAWA - Two men in Africa’s Ivory Coast have been charged with trying to blackmail Canadian MP Tony Clement by posing as a woman online and demanding money after Clement shared explicit sexual ...
Jan 21, 2019
Liberals taking new approach for billions in First Nations education funding
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is changing how Ottawa allocates nearly $2 billion in annual funding for First Nations education to help ensure on-reserve students benefit from support comparable to w...
Jan 21, 2019
Bernier's new party rakes in $300k in one weekend, party officials say
OTTAWA - Canada’s newest national political party is laughing all the way to the bank. On Friday morning the People’s Party of Canada became officially registered with Elections Canada, al...
Jan 21, 2019