Category Archives: Canada
Canadian decision within weeks on steel safeguards, says Bains
HAMILTON - The federal government plans to make a decision on safeguards against steel dumping in the coming weeks, Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains said Friday. Speaking at a summit on the...
Sep 07, 2018
Manitoba First Nation where boys switched at birth gets new $100M health centre
NORWAY HOUSE, Man. - A northern Manitoba First Nation where several men were switched at birth is getting a new $100-million health centre. Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says Norway House...
Sep 07, 2018
Policy barring non-permanent families from Canada Child Benefit unfair: report
OTTAWA - Non-permanent resident families living in Canada, including irregular migrants, are prevented from receiving the Canada Child Benefit - a policy that poverty advocates say is discriminatory s...
Sep 07, 2018
Canadian military imposes restrictions on use of recreational marijuana
OTTAWA - The Canadian military has unveiled new restrictions on when service members can use recreational marijuana - and warned those in uniform could face disciplinary action or charges if they fail...
Sep 07, 2018
Trans Mountain response not just about one pipeline, says Trudeau
OTTAWA - The future of resource development across Canada depends on the federal government responding correctly to a court ruling that has stalled the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Justin Trudea...
Sep 07, 2018
Lack of treatment for sexual assault victim unacceptable: Nova Scotia premier
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil says a hospital’s decision to turn away a young sexual assault victim was unacceptable, and the province is trying to determine who is responsible. R...
Sep 07, 2018
Mayors ask federal government to take over Ontario's basic income pilot
TORONTO - The mayors of four Ontario cities are urging the federal government to take over a basic income pilot project that’s being cut short by the province, arguing the program provides valua...
Sep 07, 2018
Police still searching for suspects in St. Catharines, Ont., shooting
The search for two young men believed to be behind a shooting that wounded three people in a small southern Ontario city stretched into a second day on Friday as investigators worked to identify the s...
Sep 07, 2018
Human rights board finds Nova Scotia discriminated against wheelchair users
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government discriminated against people in wheelchairs by failing to enforce a regulation requiring restaurants to have accessible bathrooms, a human rights board of inquiry ...
Sep 07, 2018
Insurer reports 'high volume' of claims after acid spills on B.C. highway
TRAIL, B.C. - Thousands of insurance claims have been made in the wake of two acid spills along a southeastern British Columbia highway earlier this year that damaged vehicles. Insurance Corporation o...
Sep 07, 2018