Category Archives: Canada
Elderly Alberta woman in hospital, 19-year-old man in custody after sword attack
BRAGG CREEK, Alta. - RCMP in southern Alberta say a 79-year-old woman is in hospital with serious injuries after she was attacked with a sword. Police say they were called to a home in Bragg Creek wes...
Mar 09, 2018

Federal government puts pressure on railways to clear grain shipment backlog
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is putting pressure on Canada’s two major railways to clear a growing backlog of grain shipments that is undermining the country’s reputation as a reliable ...
Mar 09, 2018

Tariffs: A quiet, year-long campaign ends with a tentative sigh of relief
WASHINGTON - In this most unpredictable era in Canada-U.S. affairs, a crisis-management unit created inside the office of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, devoted to Donald Trump-related emergencies, wa...
Mar 09, 2018

No change on Saskatchewan's stand against carbon tax after meeting with prime minister
REGINA - The federal government and Saskatchewan are still deadlocked on a national climate change plan despite what the two sides call a constructive meeting on Friday. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe...
Mar 09, 2018

Whirling disease found in fish in North Saskatchewan River: CFIA
EDMONTON - An infectious disease fatal to some kinds of young fish has been found in the North Saskatchewan River watershed. The Canadian Food Inspections Agency said Friday the discovery of whirling ...
Mar 09, 2018

'Not a celebration': Carole Pope on why she'll play the #LoveWins concert
TORONTO - Carole Pope says she’s standing in “solidarity” with Toronto’s LGBTQ community as they grapple with questions surrounding alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur. And sh...
Mar 09, 2018

Karina Gould becomes first federal cabinet minister to give birth
OTTAWA - Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould has made history - twice over - with the birth of a baby boy this week. She’s the first woman to give birth while holding a federal cabinet...
Mar 09, 2018

Trudeau's G7 sherpa says former Conservative government 'suppressed' diplomats
OTTAWA - Canada’s G7 sherpa says the previous Conservative government “suppressed” everything diplomats tried to do during its decade in power. Peter Boehm said the fact that the for...
Mar 09, 2018

Uber will inform all Canadians whose data may have been compromised in 2016 breach
Uber will inform all Canadians whose personal data may have been compromised in a 2016 breach after Alberta’s privacy commissioner ruled it must notify impacted drivers and riders in the provinc...
Mar 09, 2018

Toronto's Union Station was terror target: Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale
REGINA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says Toronto’s downtown Union Station was the target of a foiled terrorism plot in 2016. Goodale made the revelation in Regina at an event where new...
Mar 09, 2018