Category Archives: Canada
Trans Mountain CEO calls on federal government to act in pipeline dispute
CALGARY - The head of Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. has joined growing calls for the federal government to step into the dispute between Alberta and British Columbia over oil exports. Ian Anderson said We...
Feb 07, 2018

Manitoba legislature member to take sensitivity training after offensive tweets
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba government backbencher is apologizing after calling asylum seekers a “drain on society” on Twitter and for retweeting posts that suggested Prime Minister Justin Trude...
Feb 07, 2018

Still committed to a three-country NAFTA negotiation, U.S. insists
WASHINGTON - The United States is stressing its support for renegotiating a three-country NAFTA agreement after comments from an American lawmaker suggesting it was considering splitting Canada and Me...
Feb 07, 2018

'Need to get on with it:' Ottawa promises more action on species at risk law
OTTAWA - Federal officials are promising tighter enforcement of laws to protect species at risk after a pair of studies found little change in the status of threatened plants and animals. “We ne...
Feb 07, 2018
Police-linked Indigenous deaths in Timmins, Ont., spark sorrow, anger
The weekend police killing of a young man and the death of an ailing older woman after her arrest has sparked grief and anger among Indigenous people in northern Ontario. Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler of ...
Feb 07, 2018
Deaths of Western Canadian couple in Saint John hotel ruled a murder-suicide
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Police say a Western Canadian couple who were found dead in a Saint John, N.B., hotel room almost a year ago were the victims of a murder-suicide. The bodies of the 26-year-old male...
Feb 07, 2018

'It's not humane:' Alberta bans spear-hunting after graphic bear-hunting video
EDMONTON - Spear-hunting is being banned in Alberta following outcry after a viral video showed an American hunter killing a black bear with a spear. The province has updated hunting rules to ensure b...
Feb 07, 2018

Don't 'jump to conclusions' on pot timing, federal public safety minister says
OTTAWA - People shouldn’t “jump to conclusions” about when they’ll be able to buy marijuana legally, as a key federal bill makes its way through Parliament, Public Safety Minis...
Feb 07, 2018

PM orders review of Justice arguments against military sex misconduct lawsuit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau put Justice Department lawyers on notice Wednesday for their response to a proposed class-action lawsuit on military sexual misconduct, saying their arguments ar...
Feb 07, 2018

Family of man killed during arrest last June by Montreal police sues city
MONTREAL - A disturbing cellphone video that allegedly captures a Montreal police intervention prior to the fatal shooting of a black man last June reveals officers used disproportionate force, lawyer...
Feb 07, 2018