Category Archives: Canada
Singh gets his chance for a seat as Trudeau calls three Feb. 25 byelections
OTTAWA - The relevance of the NDP in an election year will be put to the test next month in federal byelections called Wednesday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau set Feb. 25 as the date for b...
Jan 09, 2019
Teachers challenge Ontario government over sex-ed curriculum, 'snitch line'
TORONTO - Ontario elementary teachers have taken the government to court over the province’s sex-ed curriculum in part because of a warning to educators that came along with it, their lawyer sai...
Jan 09, 2019
Newfoundland town asks for help as stranded seals block roads, cry out
RODDICKTON, N.L. - A Newfoundland mayor said dozens of stranded seals are causing havoc in her town, and she’s calling on federal Fisheries officials to remove them. Roddickton Mayor Sheila Fitz...
Jan 09, 2019
No Infrastructure Bank money for public electricity grids, documents say
OTTAWA - A federal infrastructure agency created to finance new infrastructure - and alleviate the burden on the public purse - is not expected to back projects involving existing public electricity g...
Jan 09, 2019
Six skiers injured in avalanche on Mont-Albert in Quebec provincial park
SAINTE-ANNE-DES-MONTS, Que. - Six skiers were injured - one seriously - following an avalanche Tuesday on Mont-Albert in Quebec’s Gaspe region. Quebec provincial police say they were called in t...
Jan 09, 2019
No easy answers in northern British Columbia pipeline impasse: Horgan
HOUSTON, B.C. - The arrest of 14 people who oppose a pipeline on the traditional territory of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation in British Columbia brought back difficult memories for Alexande...
Jan 09, 2019
Pepper spray used in fight triggers rush-hour shutdown of Montreal metro
MONTREAL - Pepper spray unleashed during a fight between two people on a Montreal subway platform forced a major transit shutdown Wednesday at the height of the morning rush hour. The incident took pl...
Jan 09, 2019
'You're a liar': Indigenous people voice anger at Trudeau town hall in B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Indigenous people voiced their anger and frustration with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday at a chaotic town hall in Kamloops, B.C., loudly interrupting him to condemn the a...
Jan 09, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 9
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Jan. 9 --- FULL SENTENCE UNLIKELY FOR BRONCOS CRASH DRIVER: EXPERT A legal expert says she doubts the truck driver who pleaded guilty for his role in the Humbol...
Jan 09, 2019
Remorse will resonate in sentencing of driver in Broncos crash: legal expert
A legal expert says she would be astounded if a judge handed the maximum sentence to a semi-truck driver who has pleaded guilty to all 29 charges stemming from a devastating collision with a bus carry...
Jan 09, 2019