Category Archives: Canada
Attack of Muslim man appears to have been motivated by hate, police say
TORONTO - An attack in southern Ontario that sent a Muslim man to hospital appears to have been motivated by hate, police said Wednesday, as his family tried to come to grips with the incident. Peel r...
Jul 18, 2018
Newfoundland and Labrador government to cover abortion pill as of Sept. 1
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it will cover the abortion pill as of Sept. 1, putting it in line with six other Canadian provinces that already provide the medi...
Jul 18, 2018
Abdoul Abdi relieved federal government won't pursue deportation: lawyer
HALIFAX - The lawyer for former Somali child refugee Abdoul Abdi says his client was relieved - and in disbelief - after Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale announced in a tweet that Ottawa would not...
Jul 18, 2018
Canada's premiers meet Indigenous groups, although three major groups decline
BOUCTOUCHE, N.B. - Canada’s premiers emerged from meetings with Indigenous organizations Wednesday with little in the way of concrete initiatives after several major Aboriginal groups refused to...
Jul 18, 2018
In the news today, July 18
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, July 18 --- PM TRUDEAU TO SHUFFLE CABINET TODAY Justin Trudeau will shuffle his front benches today to install ministers who will lead the Liberal team into nex...
Jul 18, 2018
PM's pre-election shuffle eyes border, trade and bruising provincial relations
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau has unveiled his pre-election cabinet in a shuffle designed to showcase new faces and to address increasingly troublesome files - from border security, to trade promotion, to t...
Jul 18, 2018
Federal government won't pursue deportation of Abdoul Abdi, minister says
HALIFAX - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the federal government will not pursue the deportation of former Somali child refugee Abdoul Abdi. The announcement comes days after a Federal Court...
Jul 17, 2018
Kitten OK after being rescued from underground pipe in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An adventurous feline has been rescued after getting trapped in an underground pipe in Kamloops, B.C. Dan Groess, owner of A Groess Underground sewer and drain services, says he respo...
Jul 17, 2018
Conservative party pulls attack ad of black man walking over Trudeau tweet
OTTAWA - The Conservative party pulled an attack ad from its Twitter feed Tuesday that depicted a black man carrying a suitcase walking over a tweet from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The tweet is ro...
Jul 17, 2018
No danger after freight train derailment near Quebec-Ontario border
SAINT-POLYCARPE, Que. - Quebec’s public security minister offered assurances Tuesday that nothing leaked into a nearby river after a Canadian Pacific freight train derailment just east of the On...
Jul 17, 2018