Category Archives: Canada

Alberta conservatives clash with leader Jason Kenney on GSAs at policy meeting
RED DEER, Alta. - Alberta’s United Conservative rank and file slammed head-on into their boss at their founding policy conference Sunday over a controversial policy regarding gay schoolchildren....
May 06, 2018
Montreal's Belz Hasidic community celebrates spiritual leader's visit
MONTREAL - Red carpets, dancing crowds, bonfires and street celebrations are some of the ways Montreal’s Belz orthodox Jewish community have marked a rare visit by their spiritual leader over th...
May 06, 2018

Party leaders to square off in first debate ahead of Ontario election
TORONTO - The leaders of Ontario’s three main political parties will square off on the same stage for the first time Monday, just days before the official start of the province’s spring el...
May 06, 2018

Musher closing in on New Brunswick destination after 100 days of sledding
A New Brunswick man making his way across Canada on a dog sled says he’s on track to arrive at his final destination in a week’s time after being set back by warm weather and flooding. Jus...
May 06, 2018
Manitoba NDP may campaign on higher income and corporate taxes in 2020
BRANDON, Man. - Manitoba’s Opposition New Democrats appear set to campaign on higher corporate and personal income taxes in the next provincial election, promoting the idea as an alternative to ...
May 06, 2018

First Nation calling for bike paths after 3 boys killed by alleged drunk driver
NELSON HOUSE, Man. - A Manitoba chief is calling for bike paths along an unpaved road into the northern community where three young boys were killed by an alleged drunk driver. Mattheo Moore-Spence, 1...
May 06, 2018

Family of injured Humboldt Broncos player says GoFundMe should be split evenly
At least one family whose son was injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says the millions raised by a GoFundMe campaign should be split evenly among the survivors and the families of those killed....
May 06, 2018

Parents of YouTube stars on dealing with kids who want to skip school to stream
TORONTO - When people ask Michael Latsky about his kids he starts by proudly sharing that his eldest son is going to be a doctor. Then, with his head hung low, he’ll mutter that his youngest, Ro...
May 06, 2018

'A warrior by heart:' Indigenous people enlisted to monitor pipelines
CALGARY - Gerald Scott’s perspective has shifted since he spent 10 days on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota which - until early last year - was the site of months of high-prof...
May 06, 2018
New York partner powers software firm's drive to make charity more efficient
CALGARY - Bryan de Lottinville’s relationship with charities is complicated. As the founder and CEO of Calgary-based Benevity Inc., the 58-year-old wants to help as much as he can by providing h...
May 06, 2018