Category Archives: Canada

Atwal says he has renounced terrorism and he asked to attend Trudeau India event
VANCOUVER - A man at the centre of a controversy surrounding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent visit to India says he has renounced terrorism and no longer advocates for Sikh separatism. Ja...
Mar 08, 2018
Farm manure could be viable renewable energy source, Ontario researchers say
TORONTO - Researchers at an Ontario university say farm manure could be a viable source of renewable energy to heat homes. University of Waterloo scientists say they are developing technology to produ...
Mar 08, 2018
Martine Ouellet wants a referendum to determine main role of Bloc Quebecois
MONTREAL - Bloc Quebecois Leader Martine Ouellet and her allies proposed Thursday that members vote in a referendum to determine the party’s main role. Disagreements over the party’s raiso...
Mar 08, 2018
Former U.S. VP Gore praises Ontario's cap-and-trade system during Toronto visit
TORONTO - As debate over how to combat climate change gears up to be a key issue in Ontario’s spring election, former U.S. vice president and environmental crusader Al Gore lauded the Liberal go...
Mar 08, 2018

People with disabilities lose hopes, skills in psych hospital, inquiry told
HALIFAX - Leaving people with intellectual disabilities in a Halifax psychiatric hospital has created “an unnatural setting” where skills and hopes fade away as years go by, a behavioural ...
Mar 08, 2018

Feds' tax change could affect some families earning less than $100K: PBO
OTTAWA - Roughly 900 families earning less than $100,000 a year will have to pay more taxes because of federal changes to tighten income-sharing rules for owners of small businesses, the parliamentary...
Mar 08, 2018
Daughter of murdered woman tells inquiry she fears becoming a statistic
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - An Indigenous Newfoundland woman whose mother was murdered in 2002 says she worries she will also become a statistic. Amena Evans Harlick told her story to the National ...
Mar 08, 2018

Some in LGBTQ community question concert linked to Bruce McArthur case
TORONTO - Organizers of a concert billed as “part vigil, part celebration” in the wake of the arrest of an alleged serial killer have responded to some of the concerns raised by members of...
Mar 08, 2018

Canadian internet users looking more beyond Google and Facebook: report
TORONTO - Google and Facebook continue to be the juggernauts that dominate how Canadians use the Internet but a new “non-duopoly” trend may be emerging, suggests a report by the measuremen...
Mar 08, 2018

Scheer says free trade believers must stick together against Trump protectionism
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says nations that believe in free trade need to present a united front against the protectionist moves coming out of the United States. Scheer was speaking f...
Mar 08, 2018