Category Archives: Canada
Feds, Indigenous groups agree on spending plans for $1.7 billion for child care
OTTAWA - Three national Indigenous organizations will receive a combined $1.7 billion to spend on child care over the coming decade under an agreement announced on Monday. The 10-year funding comes fr...
Sep 17, 2018
Abdelrazik torture lawsuit delay would be unconscionable, his lawyer tells judge
OTTAWA - The federal government is making a last-minute plea to delay the Federal Court hearing of a long-simmering lawsuit from a Montreal man over Canada’s role in his detention in Sudan. The ...
Sep 17, 2018
Canada bans use of trans fats in food products
TORONTO - Canada’s ban on the main source of artificial trans fats came into effect Monday, making it illegal for manufacturers to use the additive in any food made or imported into the country,...
Sep 17, 2018
'Optimism bias' often brings Muskrat Falls-style cost overruns, inquiry told
HAPPY VALLEY GOOSE BAY, N.L. - Hydroelectric dams like Muskrat Falls are particularly vulnerable to cost and schedule overruns, an expert testified Monday as a public inquiry into the Labrador hydro m...
Sep 17, 2018
Canadian home sales rise by 0.9 per cent between July and August: CREA
OTTAWA - Canada’s housing market rebound appears to be slowing amid diminishing increases in national home sales, says the Canadian Real Estate Association. The organization said on Monday that ...
Sep 17, 2018
Five remaining MPs who quit Bloc Quebecois caucus are coming back home
OTTAWA - The Bloc is back. The final holdouts from the Bloc Quebecois rejoined the sovereigntist party Monday as Parliament resumed from its summer recess. All 10 of the Bloc MPs elected in 2015 are n...
Sep 17, 2018
Saskatchewan family relieved after six-year-old autistic girl found safe
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A Saskatchewan mother says words cannot describe the relief she feels after being reunited with her daughter who police say was taken when she was left in the back of a runni...
Sep 17, 2018
Tour operator captures video of rare triple breach by humpbacks off N.S.
TIVERTON, N.S. - A video of three humpback whales surging out of the water one after the other off Nova Scotia has captured the attention of people around the world. The stunning video was shot by Edw...
Sep 17, 2018
In the news today, Sept. 17
Eight stories in the news for Monday, Sept. 17 --- AMBER ALERT ISSUED FOR LITTLE GIRL IN SASKATCHEWAN An Amber Alert was issued Sunday night for a six-year-old Saskatchewan girl who RCMP say was in th...
Sep 17, 2018
NDP has yet to nominate a single candidate for next federal election
OTTAWA - Federal political parties are gearing up for the final parliamentary session before the next election, but while the Conservatives and the Liberals tout having many candidates nominated and m...
Sep 17, 2018