Category Archives: Canada
Trudeau's environment and economy balancing act to play out on western tour
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking his government’s balancing act between the economy and the environment on a western Canadian road show this week. However, the precariousness of ...
Apr 04, 2018
Lawyers for mosque killer to argue for life sentence, no parole for 25 years
MONTREAL - Lawyers for the man who shot dead six men at a Quebec City mosque will argue their client should receive a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years. Alexand...
Apr 04, 2018
One child from Alberta First Nation dead, others ill in hospital: EMS
MORLEY, Alta. - RCMP and paramedics were called to a rural home west of Calgary on Wednesday where an infant was pronounced dead and 14 other people were found suffering from influenza-like symptoms. ...
Apr 04, 2018
Trudeau travels to Lima, Peru, Paris and London later this month
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to Lima, Peru, Paris and London in an eight-day whirlwind trip later this month. He will be in Lima, April 12-14, Paris, April 15-17 and London, Apri...
Apr 04, 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 04, 2018
Privacy commissioner calls for more legal remedies to harmful personal information
TORONTO - Canada’s privacy commissioner says he believes Parliament should put in place new legislated remedies to deal with potential harms from having personal information widely and easily av...
Apr 04, 2018
Police lay dozens of charges in alleged crime ring hitting the GTA
Fourteen people have been charged in a string of residential break-and-enters that targeted homes across the Greater Toronto Area, with as much as $2.7 million in personal property stolen, police said...
Apr 04, 2018
Alberta set to introduce bill for no-go zones around abortion clinics
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it will introduce legislation Thursday to establish no-go zones for protesters around abortion clinics. Kathleen Ganley, deputy house leader, gave official notic...
Apr 04, 2018
Carbon tax revenue could go straight to Ontario residents: McKenna
TORONTO - Ottawa could give revenues from a federally imposed carbon tax directly back to Ontario residents instead of the provincial government if whoever is elected in the spring election rejects a ...
Apr 04, 2018
PM says time to talk about lifting ban on paying sperm, egg donors
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians need to have a conversation about whether to allow women and men to be paid to donate eggs or sperm for fertility treatments. While many strong op...
Apr 04, 2018