Category Archives: Canada
Alberta boy, 12, dies following carbon monoxide leak at apartment building
AIRDRIE, Alta. - A young boy who was taken to hospital in critical condition when an apartment building north of Calgary was evacuated due to hazardous carbon monoxide levels has died. RCMP Insp. Kimb...
Feb 04, 2018

B.C. Liberals elect new leader who stresses party roots, praises Gordon Campbell
VANCOUVER - The first thing Andrew Wilkinson did after winning the leadership of British Columbia’s Liberal party was pay tribute to the successes of former premiers Christy Clark and Gordon Cam...
Feb 04, 2018
New EKOS/CP polling explores populist sentiment bubbling in Canada. Here's how.
OTTAWA - Across the world, citizens who have felt sideswiped by technological, cultural and economic progress have sought to regain some measure of control by seeking to upend the political status quo...
Feb 04, 2018

New research suggests room for Rob Ford's populist appeal to be duplicated
OTTAWA - Ask whether populist politics could ever gain national traction in Canada and the answer is immediate: well, Rob Ford already did it in Toronto. The now-deceased former mayor’s man-of-t...
Feb 04, 2018
Time has come for national big-data strategy, tech leaders tell governments
OTTAWA - Tech leaders are challenging the federal Liberal government to get serious about reaping the rewards of one of the next big frontiers in the information revolution: big data. Canadian CEOs an...
Feb 04, 2018

Montreal orchestra board chair "moved" as musicians recall working with Dutoit
MONTREAL - The chair of the board of directors for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra is expressing his sympathy to those who have spoken up about alleged psychological harassment and intimidation by its...
Feb 04, 2018

Caroline Mulroney, lawyer and daughter of former PM, joins PC leadership race
TORONTO - Caroline Mulroney, the Toronto lawyer and daughter of former prime minister Brian Mulroney, is running to become the leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party. Mulroney confir...
Feb 04, 2018

Cops searched bag, took goggles: rare civil trial stemming from G20 to start
TORONTO - A man whose swimming goggles were confiscated by officers following a search of his backpack on the eve of the turbulent G20 summit in Toronto in 2010 is expected to testify Monday at the st...
Feb 04, 2018

'It's our view now:' protest turns celebration after Cornwallis statue removed
HALIFAX - For decades, Mi’kmaq elder and historian Daniel Paul says hasn’t been able to walk through Edward Cornwallis Park in Halifax without the bronze figure of the city’s controv...
Feb 04, 2018

Vigil held in Toronto church for LGBTQ victims of alleged serial killer
TORONTO - At an emotional candlelight vigil in Toronto’s east-end Sunday, the city’s LGBTQ community gathered to remember the alleged victims of a serial killer as members of the community...
Feb 04, 2018