Category Archives: Canada
Halifax taekwondo coach suspended after student disciplined with cane
HALIFAX - A Halifax taekwondo coach has been suspended after a 17-year-old student was struck with a cane as discipline. Halifax police say they investigated a report of an assault at Woo Yong’s...
Mar 13, 2018
Quebec to ban high-sugar, high-alcohol drinks from grocery, convenience stores
MONTREAL - The Quebec government will move to ban sales of sugary, high-alcohol beverages in convenience and grocery stores in an attempt to prevent younger consumers from buying them. Public Security...
Mar 13, 2018
Students abused by other students at residential schools to be compensated: Bennett
OTTAWA - More than 200 former residential school students who suffered abuse at the hands of other students will receive compensation from the federal government. Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Car...
Mar 13, 2018
Trudeau says measures available to prevent Canada being used as back door for steel
HAMILTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has an array of measures, including tariffs, to prevent the world’s producers of cheap steel from using Canada as a back door to slip the metal i...
Mar 13, 2018
Break in weather allows rescuers to resume Alaska search for B.C. climber
JUNEAU, Alaska - Rescuers in southwestern Alaska resumed their search of a mountain peak Tuesday for a missing British Columbia man and his climbing companion. Megan Peters with the Alaska State Troop...
Mar 13, 2018
Corrective to March 12 story about Halifax court martial
The Canadian Press erroneously reported Monday, March 12, that Master Seaman Daniel Cooper of Halifax was demoted to leading seaman after being convicted of sexually assaulting a subordinate and ill t...
Mar 13, 2018
Bank of Canada head underlines potential of Quebec child care for entire country
OTTAWA - The head of the Bank of Canada is pointing to Quebec’s child-care policies as possible tools to boost the entire Canadian economy, thanks to their potential to unlock the greatest untap...
Mar 13, 2018
PM says work to address opioids is a priority as Hamilton sees spike
HAMILTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told an Ontario city hard-hit by the national opioid crisis that situations like theirs were a top priority for his government, as a municipal official called ...
Mar 13, 2018
Flights cancelled in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick ahead of intense winter storm
HALIFAX - Airlines cancelled flights in anticipation of an intense winter storm that edged into the Maritimes Tuesday with expected heavy snow, high winds and pounding surf in coastal areas. Environme...
Mar 13, 2018
In the news today, March 13
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, March 13 --- PM TRUDEAU CONTINUES FACTORY TOURS Justin Trudeau continues his cross-country tour of aluminum and steel factories with stops today in Hamilton. The p...
Mar 13, 2018