Category Archives: Canada
Marijuana bill goes back to Senate after House rejects 13 amendments
OTTAWA - A federal bill to legalize recreational cannabis was bounced back to the Senate on Monday, where the government’s representative argued it’s time to get on with lifting CanadaR...
Jun 18, 2018
Trudeau government to kick off talks towards national strategy on big data
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government will take fresh steps Tuesday towards equipping the country for the rapidly advancing era of big data. The office of Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains has sen...
Jun 18, 2018
Cheers erupt as Federal Court judge approves historic gay purge settlement
OTTAWA - A federal judge has approved a landmark deal to compensate members of the military and other agencies who were investigated and sometimes fired because of their sexual orientation. Cheers of ...
Jun 18, 2018
Trudeau says he won't 'play politics' on U.S. migrant children policy
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will not “play politics” over immigration policies when it comes to the controversial U.S. practice of charging and separating illegal migran...
Jun 18, 2018
Defeated Ontario Liberals must begin soul-searching: interim leader
TORONTO - Ontario’s Liberals must do some soul-searching in the wake of the devastating defeat they suffered in the provincial election in order to understand where things went wrong, the party&...
Jun 18, 2018
Quebec liquor store employees threaten to strike ahead of Fete nationale holiday
MONTREAL - Employees with Quebec’s liquor authority are threatening to strike ahead of the province’s popular Fete nationale holiday, also known as St-Jean-Baptiste day. Workers are schedu...
Jun 18, 2018
Three Alberta hockey players injured starting a campfire at a friend's house
CALGARY - A player from the Lethbridge Hurricanes hockey team is in a medically induced coma after he and two others were injured at a campfire on the weekend. In a joint news release, the Western Hoc...
Jun 18, 2018
Timely tide attracts another pod of transient orcas to Victoria harbour
VICTORIA - A pod of orcas has made a brief visit to Victoria Harbour, the second excursion by a group of killer whales in as many weeks. Jackie Cowan, who lives on a boat in the harbour and is also a ...
Jun 18, 2018
Coroner declined to perform autopsy on Wettlaufer victim, inquiry hears
A coroner declined to perform an autopsy on one of the victims of an Ontario nurse who killed elderly patients in her care despite the recommendations of other health professionals, a public inquiry h...
Jun 18, 2018
South Korea joins Japan in halting Canadian wheat imports after GMO plants found
CALGARY - South Korea has joined Japan in suspending trade in Canadian wheat following the discovery of a small number of genetically modified plants in southern Alberta. It’s standard protocol ...
Jun 18, 2018