Category Archives: Canada
'This is about preserving democracy': Ford defends moves on council-cutting plan
TORONTO - Ontario’s legislature plunged into chaos Wednesday as protesters and most of the Opposition were ejected for disrupting the government’s efforts to revive a bill slashing Toronto...
Sep 12, 2018
Feds slammed for making injured veterans wait months to get support
OTTAWA - The federal government has been slammed in a watchdog’s new report for causing added frustration and stress to many injured veterans as they are forced to wait months longer than promis...
Sep 11, 2018
U.S. officials consider pulling emaciated orca from pod for treatment
SEATTLE - American officials are considering removing an extremely ill endangered orca from her family unit for a hands-on physical exam, saying field treatment has been unsuccessful. The orca known a...
Sep 11, 2018
Norm Macdonald apologizes after defending Roseanne and Louis C.K. in interview
TORONTO - Canadian comedian Norm Macdonald is apologizing for defending Roseanne Barr and Louis C.K. during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Barr, who hired Macdonald to write on her original...
Sep 11, 2018
Work underway to release fuel trapped in barge at Haida Gwaii
QUEEN CHARLOTTE, B.C. - The Canadian Coast Guard says crews are working carefully to release gas that accumulated inside a barge carrying a fishing lodge that beached after it broke away from its anch...
Sep 11, 2018
Canadian government, airlines issue travel advisories because of storms
TORONTO - The Canadian government and several airlines have issued travel advisories because of hurricanes and tropical storms churning towards the U.S. east coast, Caribbean and Hawaii. Ottawa urged ...
Sep 11, 2018
Voter cynicism reigns in Quebec's Lanaudiere region ahead of October election
JOLIETTE, Que. - Just north of Montreal, between the St. Lawrence River and the Laurentian Mountains, is a Quebec nationalist heartland where cynicism about politics reigns and labour shortages are be...
Sep 11, 2018
B.C. court orders bus company to rethink rejection of anti-abortion ads
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Appeal Court has overturned a decision by Metro Vancouver’s transit authority that refused advertising space to an anti-abortion education group on its buses. Th...
Sep 11, 2018
Calgary Olympic Bid Corp. sees long-term housing benefits to hosting 2016 Games
CALGARY - A draft plan for a potential Calgary 2026 Olympic bid says the event could create more affordable housing in a region that badly needs it and provide a welcome jolt to the provincial economy...
Sep 11, 2018
Sister-in-law of Just For Laughs founder Rozon accuses him of sexual misconduct
MONTREAL - The latest woman to accuse Just For Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon of sexual misconduct is his sister-in-law, who alleges in an interview the businessman pulled down her underwear and assault...
Sep 11, 2018