Category Archives: Canada
Former B.C. premier Christy Clark says blocking Trans Mountain is 'illegal'
OTTAWA - British Columbia’s efforts to block the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are illegal and will hurt all of Canada, says the former B.C. premier who originally approved the interprovinci...
Feb 10, 2018
Trudeau says his trade message is being heard in the U.S.
LOS ANGELES - The pro-trade message Canada is touting in the United States will resonate with everyday Americans and their political class, even if the words get obscured by the breaking news of the d...
Feb 10, 2018
Colten Boushie's mother delivers emotional message as rallies held across Canada
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - The emotions were raw at demonstrations across Canada on Saturday to protest the acquittal of a white Saskatchewan farmer in the shooting death of a young Indigenous man. The...
Feb 10, 2018
Kim Cattrall calls out Sarah Jessica Parker for 'exploiting' brother's death
NEW YORK - Canadian-raised actress Kim Cattrall has a message for her “Sex and the City” co-star, Sarah Jessica Parker: Spare me your sympathy. In an Instagram post Saturday, Cattrall lash...
Feb 10, 2018
Doug Ford, Christine Elliott make leadership pitches at conservative conference
OTTAWA - The long-term and immediate futures of the conservative movement were under scrutiny this weekend at the annual gathering of Canada’s right-of-centre. Candidates for the leadership of t...
Feb 10, 2018
No winning ticket for Friday night's $50 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for Friday night’s $50 million Lotto Max jackpot. And the draw’s two Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each also went unclaimed. It means the jackpot for...
Feb 10, 2018
'Absolutely perverse' - Outrage after white farmer found not guilty in Indigenous death
BATTLEFORD, Sask. - The federal justice minister has said the country “can and must do better” after a white farmer was acquitted in the shooting death of a young Indigenous man - a verdic...
Feb 10, 2018
Police officer in Trudeau motorcade seriously injured in crash in California
SIMI VALLY, Calif. - At least one police officer has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a crash involving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s motorcade Friday night outside of Los An...
Feb 09, 2018
Former Ont. PC leader Patrick Brown calls allegations 'absolute lies'
Former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown says he’s contemplating legal action to restore his reputation in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, which he calls “ab...
Feb 09, 2018
A look at key events in the investigation and murder trial of Gerald Stanley
BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A jury has found Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley not guilty in the shooting death of Colten Boushie, a 22-year-old resident of the Red Pheasant First Nation. Here is a look at k...
Feb 09, 2018