Category Archives: Canada
Defence chief admits slower-than-expected growth in female representation
OTTAWA - Canada’s top military officer admits there has been slower progress than expected to get more women into the Canadian Forces. New figures show there has been only a small increase in th...
Jan 17, 2019
A federal employee is detained in China. Does he have diplomatic immunity?
OTTAWA - “We are extremely concerned as should be all countries around the world that China is choosing to act arbitrarily whether it is in application of its own justice system to its own citiz...
Jan 17, 2019

Canada's arrest of Huawei exec an act of 'backstabbing,' Chinese ambassador says
OTTAWA - Canada’s arrest of a senior Huawei executive was the “backstabbing” of a friend, Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye said Thursday, and he warned of repercussions if the federal gov...
Jan 17, 2019

In the news today, Jan. 17
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Jan. 17 --- U.S. DENOUNCES DEATH PENALTY AGAINST CANADIAN The U.S. has denounced a death sentence imposed on a Canadian man in China as “politically motiva...
Jan 17, 2019
Woman who admitted to attack at Canadian Tire found guilty on terror charges
TORONTO - A Toronto-area woman who admitted to attacking workers at a Canadian Tire store with a golf club and butcher knife in an effort to help ISIL was found guilty of several terror charges Thursd...
Jan 17, 2019

Global trade disruptions don't dampen Morneau's optimism about Canada's economy
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Finance Minister Bill Morneau painted a rosy picture of Canada’s economic future Wednesday, despite diplomatic and political upheavals around the world that could disrupt glob...
Jan 16, 2019

Minister meets with committee to develop national approach to campus violence
The minister for women and gender equality says an advisory committee is developing a national framework to hold universities and colleges responsible for addressing sexual violence on campus, but stu...
Jan 16, 2019
B.C. windstorm cost insurers $37 million for loss to homes, businesses, vehicles
VANCOUVER - The insured cost of damage from the windstorm that raged through southern B.C. in December is over $37 million, and the Insurance Bureau of Canada says that pushed the price of extreme wea...
Jan 16, 2019

Quebec to investigate allegations at English Montreal School Board
MONTREAL - Quebec’s education minister has ordered an investigation of the province’s largest English-language school board after learning of serious allegations about the board’s go...
Jan 16, 2019

Kentucky canoe outfit borrows photo of Trudeau family to market business
OTTAWA - You might think the last thing you'd stumble onto on a rural road in central Kentucky is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Chances are many of the people who pass by the intersection where Mammo...
Jan 16, 2019