Category Archives: Canada
Trudeau says G7 summit chance to show citizens they can have confidence in future
QUEBEC - The annual G7 meeting remains useful and important because it helps citizens around the world continue to have confidence in the future, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. There is ...
Apr 05, 2018
Random police checks should be banned: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh
HALIFAX - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is renewing his call for a ban on all random police street checks, saying the practice - sometimes known as carding - is a form of systemic racism. “Pe...
Apr 05, 2018
Talk of spring election growing in Prince Edward Island: political scientist
CHARLOTTETOWN - The Prince Edward Island government will table its 2018 budget Friday, amid what one observer says are growing signs of an early provincial election call. Don Desserud, a professor of ...
Apr 05, 2018
Investigators look for answers in baby's death on Alberta First Nation
CALGARY - RCMP were still looking Thursday into why a baby girl died and 14 others were taken to hospital from a crowded home on an Alberta First Nation, which had recently been hit hard with the flu....
Apr 05, 2018
Canadians have traded BitTorrent for Kodi for streaming pirated content: report
TORONTO - Canadians who stream pirated TV and film content have shifted almost entirely from using BitTorrent technology to the more user-friendly Kodi software that’s commonly installed on TV s...
Apr 05, 2018
Street signs honour First Nation heritage at University of B.C. Vancouver campus
VANCOUVER - New road signs have been unveiled on the University of British Columbia’s Point Grey campus honouring the linguistic heritage of the Musqueam First Nation and its location within unc...
Apr 05, 2018
Victim was stressed about breaking up with man accused of killing her: friends
HALIFAX - Jurors were told Thursday of how Kristin Johnston agonized over how to break up with the man now accused of killing her, seeking the advice of friends and texting that she felt “trappe...
Apr 05, 2018
Montreal mayor to meet with investors hoping to bring back baseball
MONTREAL - Mayor Valerie Plante will meet with the potential investors who hope to bring major league baseball back to Montreal. Plante said this week she will sit down with businessmen Stephen Bronfm...
Apr 05, 2018
Power outages, major collision in southern Ontario due to windstorm
TORONTO - A powerful windstorm sweeping through southern Ontario and eastern Quebec on Wednesday knocked out power to tens of thousands of people and disrupted travel in the air and on the roads. Envi...
Apr 05, 2018
Trudeau hopes for good NAFTA news as U.S. plays down potential deal in Peru
QUEBEC - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday offered a cautiously optimistic assessment of free trade talks between Canada, the United States and Mexico, even as President Donald Trump appeared ...
Apr 05, 2018