Category Archives: Canada
A small bird, nest and four eggs hold up major Ottawa music festival
OTTAWA - A small plover and her egg-laden nest are holding hostage the national capital’s biggest music festival. Workers came across the killdeer and its nest just as they were preparing to set...
Jun 25, 2018
Imperial Tobacco 'shocked' by Health Canada's proposed package regulations
OTTAWA - Imperial Tobacco says Health Canada’s proposed plain packaging regulations for cigarettes are confusing and warns it may have to go to court if changes aren’t made. Eric Gagnon, h...
Jun 25, 2018
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer says he's for a single Quebec tax return
Quebecers would only have to file a single tax return under his watch, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Monday. Scheer told a news conference in Quebec City that he is in favour of Quebecers fil...
Jun 25, 2018
'No rules' for how sex assault victims should behave, military prosecutor says
HALIFAX - A prosecutor told a five-man military panel Monday that suggesting sexual assault victims need to act a certain way after an assault reinforces “archaic sexual myths.” Military p...
Jun 25, 2018
Federal government to spend $75 million studying seniors' quality of life
MONCTON, N.B. - New Brunswick is becoming a laboratory for Canadian research on better aging. The federal health minister has announced a $75 million pilot project in the province that she says will h...
Jun 25, 2018
Jury to begin deliberating Tuesday in case of homeowner killing intruder
HAMILTON - Defence and prosecution clashed Monday over whether a Hamilton-area homeowner’s military training justified his fatal shooting of a man who broke into his truck at night. Peter Khill,...
Jun 25, 2018
Suspect in Quebec senior slaying caught on subway camera heading toward Montreal
MONTREAL - Police north of Montreal were still looking Monday for a man sought in the weekend slaying of a 71-year-old woman. Laval police said Christophe Oliviera remained on the lam, but surveillanc...
Jun 25, 2018
Employees of Quebec's liquor stores vote for six-day strike mandate
MONTREAL - Unionized workers with Quebec’s government-run liquor stores have voted heavily in favour of a six-day strike mandate. The union said Monday 91 per cent of members who voted supported...
Jun 25, 2018
Habitat for threatened plant species sweet pepperbush protected in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Nature Trust says the protection of lands that are home to a nationally imperilled plant species marks a significant step towards the recovery of the sweet pepperbush. The tr...
Jun 25, 2018
In the news today, June 25
Four stories in the news for Monday, June 25 --- UN WATCHDOG BLASTS LIBERALS ON HOUSING PLAN A United Nations housing watchdog is taking the Liberals to task over what she sees as the government’...
Jun 25, 2018