Category Archives: Canada
Aecon extends deadline to complete CCCI deal as federal review continues
The deadline for Aecon Group Inc. to complete its sale to a Chinese state-owned business has been extended to July 13 as Ottawa continues its national security review of the $1.5-billion deal. The Tor...
Mar 28, 2018
NDP MPs voice support for Singh, play down tensions between leader and caucus
OTTAWA - Federal New Democrat MPs closed ranks around embattled leader Jagmeet Singh on Wednesday as they blamed a steep learning curve for many of the trials and tribulations that he has experienced ...
Mar 28, 2018
Timeline of events following the 2017 deadly mosque shooting in Quebec City
QUEBEC - Timeline of events following the deadly shooting at a mosque in Quebec City in 2017: Jan. 29, 2017 - A lone man enters the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City during evening prayers and be...
Mar 28, 2018
Sobbing Lindhout says Somalia kidnapping inflicted emotional and physical scars
OTTAWA - Amanda Lindhout fought through tears Wednesday as she told a hushed courtroom how she suffers from crippling flashbacks and sometimes wakes up screaming, part of the emotional legacy of her 1...
Mar 28, 2018
Disappointment over Pope's decision not to apologize for residential schools
OTTAWA - Catholics have a role to play in continuing to urge Pope Francis to apologize for the role the church played in running Canada’s residential schools, Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister C...
Mar 28, 2018
Speed limits, snow crab season changes coming to help save the whales
HALIFAX - The federal government is shifting the snow crab fishing season, cutting the number of traps in the water and permanently reducing the speed limit in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in a desperate ...
Mar 28, 2018
Facebook exec says tech giant 'has a lot to answer to' after data scandal
TORONTO - A Facebook executive admitted Wednesday that the tech giant “has a lot to answer to” in the wake of a scandal that allegedly saw user data mishandled. Speaking to about 1,500 mar...
Mar 28, 2018
Canada cites big 'gaps' to quick NAFTA deal in face of 'hopeful' U.S. trade rep
The United States needs to show more flexibility toward resolving “core” issues if it expects to get an agreement on the controversial trade deal sometime this spring, before looming polit...
Mar 28, 2018
Quebec City mosque shooter seeks forgiveness and denies being a terrorist
QUEBEC - The man who entered a Quebec City mosque last year and fatally shot six Muslim worshippers in an attack that shook the entire country sought forgiveness Wednesday as he denied being a terrori...
Mar 28, 2018
No bail decision for Winnipeg woman convicted in dead infant storage locker case
WINNIPEG - The lawyer for a woman convicted of concealing the remains of six dead infants in a storage locker says her jail sentence was too long and she should be released until her appeal can be hea...
Mar 28, 2018