Category Archives: Canada
Liberals need to go in order to clean up Quebec politics: corruption whistleblower
MONTREAL - The Liberals must be defeated in October’s election in order to properly clean up Quebec politics, says a former star witness in the province’s corruption inquiry. Most of the p...
Jun 18, 2018
Indigenous protesters in Washington declare Trans Mountain won't be built
VANCOUVER - Cedar George-Parker remembers the moment he decided to devote his life to defending Indigenous people and their traditional territories. It was the one-year anniversary of a shooting at hi...
Jun 18, 2018
In the news today, June 18
Four stories in the news for Monday, June 18 --- REPORT DETAILS CHILD POVERTY IN ALL FEDERAL RIDINGS Forty per cent of the children in Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s downtown Toronto riding liv...
Jun 18, 2018
A look at the federal ridings with the highest, and lowest child poverty rates
OTTAWA - A national anti-poverty group has broken down the child poverty rates in each of the 338 federal ridings. Below are the 10 ridings with the highest, and lowest child poverty rates in the coun...
Jun 17, 2018
Liberals pressed on anti-poverty plan as report details child poverty rates
OTTAWA - Anti-poverty groups are raising the stakes on the Liberal government’s promise to reduce the prevalence of low-income families by detailing child poverty rates in all 338 federal riding...
Jun 17, 2018
Man charged in death of 28-year-old woman found in Toronto apartment
TORONTO - A man charged in the death of a 28-year-old Toronto woman had just met and moved in with her three weeks before she was found suffering from obvious signs of trauma inside their fifth-floor ...
Jun 17, 2018
York University students not optimistic strike will end anytime soon
TORONTO - York University students aren’t feeling hopeful that they’ll be back in class soon, even after some of the school’s striking contract workers voted to accept the university...
Jun 17, 2018
Search continues for three missing fishermen off coast of Tofino, B.C.
TOFINO, B.C. - The search continues for three missing First Nations fishermen whose boat sank off the coast of Tofino. While the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre has scaled back its search and handed...
Jun 17, 2018
50 dogs saved from Korean meat farm are recovering quickly in Montreal shelter
MONTREAL - The 50 terrified dogs and puppies rescued from crammed cages on a South Korean dog meat farm are well on their way to becoming pets in Canada, Humane Society International said. The dogs - ...
Jun 17, 2018
Quebec's longest-serving legislature member blames PQ for decline of sovereignty
QUEBEC - The Parti Quebecois is partly to blame for the lack of support for sovereignty, according to the province’s longest-serving legislature member, who believes his party has renounced its ...
Jun 17, 2018