Category Archives: Canada
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh loses chief of staff for 'personal reasons'
OTTAWA - The chief of staff to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has resigned - a departure that comes at a particularly challenging time for a party struggling with poor morale and slumping fundraising a year...
Oct 04, 2018
Liberals agree to hike pre-writ spending limit for political parties
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals have agreed to increase the amount of money political parties can spend in the run-up to a federal election - a price they’ve paid to end Conservative stalling of a...
Oct 04, 2018
Tories dismiss Bernier's success in attracting former Conservative party execs
OTTAWA - Conservatives are largely dismissing Maxime Bernier’s claims of making political gains in his home province of Quebec by attracting former Conservative party riding executives to his fl...
Oct 04, 2018
Prime Minister pledges compensation for dairy farmers to be hit by USMCA deal
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says dairy farmers will be compensated for their expected losses under the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, making the pledge directly at a meeting w...
Oct 04, 2018
Recount confirms Liberal win in N.B. riding, but court challenge still possible
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A New Brunswick judge has confirmed a narrow Liberal win in a recount for a Saint John riding, but further legal challenges are still possible. The judicial recount means the result...
Oct 04, 2018
B.C. movie industry aims to be more green, both in production and onscreen
VANCOUVER - The movie industry has always been at the forefront of change and the next frontier is making films and TV that are more environmentally sustainable, says producer Clara George. The issue ...
Oct 04, 2018
Canada joins allies in condemning 'malicious' Russian cyberattacks
OTTAWA - Canada joined NATO allies on Thursday in blaming the Russian military for new cyberattacks that targeted the international chemical weapons agency and the investigation into the mysterious 20...
Oct 04, 2018
Talks to manage offshore Arctic drilling may signal end of ban: NWT premier
YELLOWKNIFE - The federal government is opening talks with northerners on managing offshore energy exploration in the Canadian Arctic, a move some hope signals a coming relaxation of the current ban o...
Oct 04, 2018
'We've never seen this kind of abuse,' says woman who found duct-taped face
An Ontario woman says she’s shocked by the depths of human cruelty after discovering a young cat with duct tape wrapped around its face. Nicole Paling of Burlington, Ont., says only fortunate ch...
Oct 04, 2018
Liberals accused of caving on drug 'concession' at request of U.S.
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are being accused of caving in to pressure from the high-powered pharmaceutical industry in Washington at the expense of Canadian patients suffering debilitating medical ...
Oct 04, 2018