Category Archives: Canada

Liberals begin road to 2019 with budget focused on their strengths
OTTAWA - The Liberals are paving the road to the next election with a mid-mandate budget focused on fulfilling some on-brand promises, while potentially saving room for flashier, big-ticket items that...
Feb 26, 2018

Government says review of how CFS system handled Tina Fontaine will be released
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government committed late Monday to releasing a report into how child welfare workers dealt with Tina Fontaine before the teenager disappeared, died and was dumped in the Red R...
Feb 26, 2018

Evidence should trump emotion in Calgary Olympic bid discussion: mayor
CALGARY - In the afterglow of Team Canada’s impressive hardware haul at the Pyeongchang Olympics, Calgary’s mayor says hard evidence and not warm, fuzzy emotions should drive the debate ov...
Feb 26, 2018

Paternity leave, deficit, cybersecurity: what to expect in the 2018 budget
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau has said science, gender equality and preparing Canadians for the jobs of the future will be key themes in Tuesday’s federal budget. Here are some more det...
Feb 26, 2018

Scheer says Tories will recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital if elected
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says if his party forms government in 2019, it will follow Donald Trump’s lead and recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Scheer’s declara...
Feb 26, 2018

Liberals plan to boost immigration to be matched by cash in federal budget
OTTAWA - Tuesday’s federal budget is expected to detail how the Liberal government will financially manage their planned increase in immigration over the next three years. The Liberals last fall...
Feb 26, 2018

Trial begins over fuel spill in English Bay, one defendant doesn't show up
VANCOUVER - A port worker says he suspected large plumes of oil that were shining on the surface of the water in Vancouver’s harbour nearly three years ago was bunker fuel, based on the smell. A...
Feb 26, 2018

Tanya Talaga wins $30,000 RBC Taylor Prize for non-fiction writing
Toronto journalist Tanya Talaga won the $30,000 RBC Taylor Prize on Monday and dedicated her speech to the subjects of the book she wishes she “did not have to write” - seven Indigenous yo...
Feb 26, 2018
Halifax campus death called 'crime' on Lebanese website is not suspicious:police
HALIFAX - Police say they have no evidence to support allegations published on a Lebanese website of a “heinous crime” in the death of a Lebanese Canadian student at Saint Mary’s Uni...
Feb 26, 2018

Acadia University launches investigation into controversial professor
WOLFVILLE, N.S. - Acadia University has launched a formal investigation into complaints against a professor over controversial comments he made on social media and in the classroom. Heather Hemming, v...
Feb 26, 2018