Category Archives: Canada
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Jun 11, 2018

Longtime Quebec cabinet minister Geoffrey Kelley not running again
MONTREAL - Geoffrey Kelley has become the eighth member of Philippe Couillard’s Quebec cabinet to announce he won’t seek re-election this year. Kelley, 63, has been a Liberal member of the...
Jun 11, 2018

Frustration mounts in Gulf lobster fishery over right whale closures:union
HALIFAX - A group representing Gulf of St. Lawrence lobster fishermen says frustration is mounting after the federal government rejected its proposal for a shallow-water exemption to fishery closures ...
Jun 11, 2018
Fire near popular walking trail in Cole Harbour, N.S., contained
COLE HARBOUR, N.S. - Officials say a large blaze that forced the evacuation of homes near a popular hiking trail in Cole Harbour, N.S., has been contained. Deputy fire Chief Roy Hollett said there wer...
Jun 11, 2018

Starbucks Canada closes stores for training on race, bias and inclusion
TORONTO - Starbucks is closing about 1,100 Canadian locations for anti-bias training Monday afternoon in a bid to make its stores more inclusive after the April arrest of two black men at one of its P...
Jun 11, 2018
Search continues for Toronto DJ who went overboard Sunday night in Lake Ontario
TORONTO - Emergency crews are searching Lake Ontario for a Toronto DJ who fell overboard. Toronto police say they received a call at 9:44 p.m. Sunday from a friend of a man in his 20s who went overboa...
Jun 11, 2018

Wild Atlantic salmon numbers drop for second year: Atlantic Salmon Federation
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A new report from a group advocating for the protection and conservation of wild Atlantic salmon says the number of salmon in North American rivers has dropped for the second year i...
Jun 11, 2018

Canadian marijuana firms warned to play by the rules after legalization
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The former chair of the federal cannabis taskforce is warning the industry to play by the rules when recreational marijuana is legalized. “We’ve seen this too often with...
Jun 11, 2018

In the news today, June 11
Three stories in the news for Monday, June 11 --- TRUMP ADVISERS ACCUSE TRUDEAU OF BETRAYAL A generation after Richard Nixon called Justin Trudeau’s father an “asshole,” Donald Trump...
Jun 11, 2018

Canadian dairy farmers accuse Trump of trying to drive them out of business
OTTAWA - After enduring months of withering fire from Donald Trump’s bombastic Twitter feed, Canada’s dairy industry waded into the fray on Monday by accusing the U.S. president of wanting...
Jun 11, 2018