Category Archives: Canada
Despite some surprising misses, Canada assured of highest Winter Olympic medal count
Canada is assured of its highest medal count at a Winter Olympics with two days of competition to go, and that’s without expected contributions in sports it normally dominates. A three-medal day...
Feb 22, 2018
Quebec woman pleads guilty in Australian cocaine smuggling case
MONTREAL - A 24-year-old woman who was one of three Quebecers in Australia charged with drug smuggling has pleaded guilty to importing cocaine in commercial quantities. Melina Roberge pleaded guilty i...
Feb 22, 2018
Auto and agri-food sectors need funds to survive Pacific trade deal, Wynne says
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says the province’s automotive and agri-food sectors will need billions in funding from the federal government to survive the impact of the recently rebo...
Feb 22, 2018
A look at some reaction to the verdict in the Tina Fontaine case in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg jury has acquitted Raymond Cormier, 56, of the second-degree murder of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine. Here is what some politicians are saying in the wake of the verdict: “The ...
Feb 22, 2018
NewsAlert: Canadians finish 1-2 in Olympic women's skicross
BOKWANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian women have finished 1-2 in skicross at the Pyeongchang Winter Games with Kelsey Serwa of Kelowna, B.C., taking gold and Brittany Phelan of Mont-Tremblant, Que., ...
Feb 22, 2018
Tina Fontaine's death and Raymond Cormier's trial: What the jury heard
WINNIPEG - Jurors sat through three weeks of evidence in the trial of Raymond Cormier, 56, who on Thursday was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the slaying of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine. Tin...
Feb 22, 2018
Truce called, wine flows again, in B.C.-Alberta trade war over pipeline
VICTORIA - The Alberta government accepted an olive branch from British Columbia and suspended its ban on the province’s wine Thursday in a dispute over the Trans Mountain pipeline. Alberta Prem...
Feb 22, 2018
Trump floats two-step plan for gun control: More guns, more control
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is floating a unique two-step move on gun control. It involves both more guns and more controls. The additional guns would be inside schools. The president made cle...
Feb 22, 2018
Expectations high that federal budget will make big investments in cybersecurity
OTTAWA - Government and industry insiders have high expectations next week’s federal budget will contain big investments to help Canada reinforce its cybersecurity defences in an age of heighten...
Feb 22, 2018
Economist Jean-Martin Aussant returns to PQ after quitting to form rival party
MONTREAL - A well-known economist who quit the Parti Quebecois because he felt it wasn’t hardline enough on Quebec independence and founded a rival sovereigntist party is back in the PQ fold. Je...
Feb 22, 2018