Category Archives: Canada
Premiers announce agreement in principle on flow of alcohol across borders
ST. ANDREWS, N.B. - Canada’s premiers have agreed in principle to reduce barriers limiting the amount of alcohol that can move across provincial and territorial borders, but failed to produce cl...
Jul 20, 2018
Scathing suicide inquiry finds gaps, shortcomings at Royal Military College
OTTAWA - Members of a board of inquiry into three suicides at the Royal Military College of Canada have reported facing troubling delays and obstacles in obtaining key information and evidence during ...
Jul 19, 2018
Councillor wants mandatory leave for civic politicians facing criminal charges
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg city councillor is calling for tougher rules for municipal politicians who get in trouble with the law. Cindy Gilroy wants the province to change the city’s charter to make...
Jul 19, 2018
No decision on B.C. school stabbing suspect's mental fitness for trial
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A review board failed to reach a decision Thursday on whether a man accused of stabbing a 13-year-old girl to death inside her Abbotsford, B.C., high school is mentally fit to stand ...
Jul 19, 2018
From faith worker to cabinet minister, Tassi is ready to be voice for seniors
OTTAWA - For years Filomena Tassi, a chaplain before entering politics, made time to listen to older members of the community. Now, as the new federal minister for seniors, she will not only be hearin...
Jul 19, 2018
Action needed to support francophones in Ontario, commissioner says
TORONTO - A new report is urging the Ontario government to better support francophones in the province as statistics indicate the demographic is shrinking at an alarming rate. French Language Services...
Jul 19, 2018
63-year-old Quebec man dies after police chase ends in multi-vehicle crash
TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating after a 63-year-old man died following a police chase that ended in a multi-vehicle crash. The investigations unit says its infor...
Jul 19, 2018
Saskatchewan government asks court to order protesters off legislature lawn
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government wants a court to order protesters who are camping outside the legislature to leave. It also wants a judge to force Regina police to remove them if need be. The Jus...
Jul 19, 2018
PM calls premiers to autumn meeting to reduce internal Canadian trade barriers
OTTAWA - With Canadian companies facing a hardening of the border with the United States, Justin Trudeau wants to talk with his provincial and territorial counterparts later this year about breaking d...
Jul 19, 2018
Nova Scotia to launch monthly allowance for people living in shelters
HALIFAX - Nova Scotians living in homeless shelters and transition houses will begin receiving a monthly allowance in October - part of an $11 million government investment for people living in povert...
Jul 19, 2018