Category Archives: Canada
Tories defend focus on transfer of offender to healing lodge
OTTAWA - Anyone who has been paying attention to the Conservative opposition knows what issue is at the fore - the controversial transfer of convicted murderer Terri-Lynne McClintic from a medium-secu...
Oct 03, 2018
N.L. proposal would allow anonymous reporting of sexual assaults
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Sexual assault victims may soon be able to report attacks anonymously to police through third parties in Newfoundland and Labrador - part of a growing trend among provinces tr...
Oct 03, 2018
Mi’kmaq, Metis agree to address people 'misrepresenting' themselves as Metis
HALIFAX - The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs and the Metis National Council say they are concerned by the growing number of people “misrepresenting” themselves as Metis. In a new m...
Oct 03, 2018
Manitoba backs out of planned carbon tax, says Ottawa not respecting provinces
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister did an about-face on carbon taxes Wednesday, abandoning plans to start charging a levy in December and joining other conservative leaders in flat-out opposi...
Oct 03, 2018
Trial date set for father accused of murder in daughters' deaths
VICTORIA - The Crown says a trial date has been set for a Victoria man accused of murder in the deaths of his two young daughters. Andrew Berry was charged with two counts of second-degree murder afte...
Oct 03, 2018
Canada to stay in forefront of High Arctic fish research, official says
Canada’s chief negotiator for the newly signed international moratorium on fishing in the High Arctic says the country will help lead research in the area. “I think we have expressed a lot...
Oct 03, 2018
Timeline: Key dates in the history of the Trans Mountain pipeline
OTTAWA - October 1953: The Trans Mountain pipeline begins shipping oil with an initial capacity of 150,000 barrels per day. The project features four pump stations along its 1,150-kilometre route and ...
Oct 03, 2018
Trudeau names G7 sherpa, political journalist to fill vacant Senate seats
OTTAWA - Three new members are being added to the Senate, including the top official who organized this year’s tumultuous G7 summit in Quebec and an award-winning journalist from Edmonton. In a ...
Oct 03, 2018
Coalition government would fire employees for wearing religious symbols
BOUCHERVILLE, Que. - Public servants in positions of authority who refuse to remove religious symbols will be assigned to different jobs or dismissed, a spokeswoman for the Coalition Avenir Quebec tra...
Oct 03, 2018
Pay drug users for expertise, insight to deal with overdose crisis: B.C. report
VANCOUVER - Drug users are often the first responders to an overdose and should be paid fairly for their contributions to research, service delivery and overdose prevention activities, says a report. ...
Oct 03, 2018