Category Archives: Canada

Vancouver artist's cartoon of Florida school shooting resonates
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver illustrator said she’s overwhelmed by the social media response to her cartoon depicting a victim of the recent school shooting in Florida. Pia Guerra’s “Hero...
Feb 17, 2018

B.C. to appeal NEB ruling on Trans Mountain bylaw
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s government is appealing a decision that allows Kinder Morgan Canada to bypass local regulations in constructing its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The National ...
Feb 17, 2018

NDP leader attacks web giants, defends taxes in call-to-arms for equality
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh issued a call-to-arms against inequality as he sought to put his stamp on the federal NDP on Saturday by taking aim at the Trudeau government and foreign web giants while offeri...
Feb 17, 2018

Former NDP MP Paul Dewar is undergoing treatment for brain cancer
OTTAWA - A former NDP member of Parliament has announced he is receiving treatment for brain cancer. Paul Dewar, 55, who represented Ottawa Centre from 2006 until 2015, says in a Facebook post that he...
Feb 17, 2018
Adding Indigenous name to controversial PEI site an 'insult': Mi'kmaq leader
CHARLOTTETOWN - A member of the Mi’kmaq Nation traditional government says adding an Indigenous name to a Prince Edward Island historic site that bears the name of a controversial British genera...
Feb 17, 2018

PM Trudeau, family, kick off Indian state visit with namaste greeting at airport
NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s state visit to India is officially underway as he arrived with his family in New Delhi at sundown on Saturday. The family, including wife Sophie Grego...
Feb 17, 2018
NewsAlert: Canada's Samuel Girard wins gold in men's 1,000 metres
GANGENUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada’s Samuel Girard has won gold in men’s 1,000-metre short-track speedskating at the Pyeongchang Winter Games. The Ferland-et-Boilleau, Que., native fin...
Feb 17, 2018
Canadian military looking for DNA and burial experts to help ID missing war dead
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence is seeking forensic DNA experts and funeral organizers to help its efforts to recover, identify and arrange burials for Canada’s nearly 28,000 missing...
Feb 17, 2018

CP NewsAlert: Canada's Boutin wins bronze in women's 1,500 short-track
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian short-track speedskater Kim Boutin has her second bronze medal of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games after finishing third in the women’s 1,500 metres. Bo...
Feb 17, 2018
Montreal, which doesn't allow cars to turn right on red, thinks cyclists should
MONTREAL - Vehicles can’t turn right on red on the Island of Montreal but if the Plante administration has its way, cyclists would get the green light to do so. It is one of various proposed ame...
Feb 17, 2018