Category Archives: Canada
Quebec willing to contribute to Newfoundland and Labrador link: Couillard
Quebec is willing to contribute financially to the building of a link connecting Labrador to the island of Newfoundland, Premier Philippe Couillard said Thursday. “Not only are we willing to par...
Apr 12, 2018
Members of Saskatchewan legislature pause to remember Broncos' trainer
REGINA - Members of the Saskatchewan legislature have passed a motion of condolence following the death of the Humboldt Broncos’ athletic trainer. Dayna Brons, who was 24, died in a Saskatoon ho...
Apr 12, 2018
Rabbits ordered killed at Richmond shelter after deadly virus detected
RICHMOND, B.C. - An animal shelter in Richmond, B.C., has been advised to euthanize all 66 rabbits in its care after confirmation that several animals have tested positive for rabbit hemorrhagic disea...
Apr 12, 2018
Military commission investigating handling of complaint alleging recruits tortured in 80s
TORONTO - A decision by Canadian military investigators to shut down a probe into allegations that recruits were stripped and tortured during exercises decades ago will now come under independent scru...
Apr 12, 2018
Immigrant women earn less, face greater employment barriers: internal report
OTTAWA - Immigrant women in Canada face greater employment barriers and earn less money than both male immigrants and Canadian-born women, data compiled by the immigration department suggests. The inf...
Apr 12, 2018
N.S. commits $3.5M to bid to host 2020 Indigenous Games in Halifax
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is committing $3.5 million in support of a bid to attract the 2020 North American Indigenous Games to Halifax. The Mi’kmaq Sport Council of Nova Scotia is be...
Apr 12, 2018
Survivor of crash on Calgary sliding track says fence wouldn't have stopped him
CALGARY - One of the survivors of a deadly slide down the bobsled run at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary says fences or signs probably wouldn’t have stopped him that night. Daniel Spalding testif...
Apr 12, 2018
Nova Scotia court strikes down human rights decision over medical marijuana
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has overturned a provincial human rights board decision that said an injured man’s legally prescribed medical marijuana must be covered by his union ins...
Apr 12, 2018
B.C. mom backs MP's calls for criminal probe of opioid manufacturers
VANCOUVER - A woman whose son fatally overdosed after becoming addicted to the painkiller OxyContin is backing a New Democrat member of Parliament’s calls for the federal government to launch a ...
Apr 12, 2018
Religious accommodation requests lead to heated exchanges in Quebec legislature
QUEBEC - The leader of Quebec’s official opposition broke legislative rules Thursday by wearing a Parti Quebecois lapel pin and then compared it to the Jewish head cap worn by a member in the ch...
Apr 12, 2018