Category Archives: Canada

In the news today, Nov. 7
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 7 --- FEDS TO APOLOGIZE FOR HOLOCAUST INCIDENT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will issue an official government apology today for what he will call the count...
Nov 07, 2018
Bill won't stop hackers from sowing election confusion: watchdogs
OTTAWA - Canada’s top two elections officials say a bill to modernize election laws will make it difficult to stop computer hackers from sowing chaos that confuses voters, deterring them from ca...
Nov 06, 2018

Clement quits Conservative shadow cabinet after sharing explicit photos, video
OTTAWA - Longtime MP Tony Clement has resigned from the Conservative shadow cabinet after he shared explicit sexual images and a video of himself electronically. Clement says the images were sent in t...
Nov 06, 2018
Alberta judge to give verdict this week for accused in work-camp deaths
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A judge will have to decide whether a man who admits he killed two people at a northern Alberta work camp knew what he was doing or was driven by voices in his head. Daniel Goo...
Nov 06, 2018

French firm Dassault pulls out of fighter-jet competition: Sources
OTTAWA - The long effort to replace Canada’s aging fighter jets took another surprise twist on Tuesday, as multiple sources revealed that French fighter-jet maker Dassault is pulling out of the ...
Nov 06, 2018
Parliament to unveil plaque for MP and WW1 veteran who died by suicide
OTTAWA - Lt.-Col. Samuel Sharpe is poised to finally return to the foyer outside the House of Commons, more than a century after the former member of Parliament and First World War veteran returned tr...
Nov 06, 2018

Quebec deer disease means popular Rudolph stand-ins sidelined for now
MONTREAL - Quebec’s efforts to control a deadly deer disease may end up depriving the province of a couple of popular Rudolph stand-ins this holiday season. The province has been grappling with ...
Nov 06, 2018

MP Nicola Di Iorio says he will resign in January after finalizing 'projects'
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Nicola Di Iorio says he’s resigning his seat on Jan. 22 after weeks of speculation around whether he would ever return to work. The Montreal MP has not been seen in Ottawa si...
Nov 06, 2018
Judge who took Ontario law school post broke rules, review finds, but no sanction
TORONTO - A respected Ontario Superior Court justice broke the rules by accepting a temporary dean’s posting at an Indigenous law school but does not deserve to lose his job, a review concluded ...
Nov 06, 2018

Liberal government hammered over process to create independent debate commission
OTTAWA - A Liberal decision to set up a commission to organize federal leaders’ debates in the 2019 election without consulting other parties is an “abysmal embarrassment,” NDP MP Da...
Nov 06, 2018