Category Archives: Canada
Trudeau to personally unveil Liberals' peacekeeping plan
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will personally reveal today what Canada has offered to provide the United Nations in terms of troops and military equipment for peacekeeping missions. The mo...
Nov 15, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Nov. 15
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 15 --- PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU SET TO UNVEIL PEACEKEEPING PLAN Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will reveal in Vancouver today what Canada has offered to provid...
Nov 15, 2017
RCMP looks to expand third-party reporting for sexual assault cases
OTTAWA - The RCMP is exploring ways to expand a program that allows victims to report allegations of sexual assault - and get the help they need - without actually having to go to the police and face ...
Nov 15, 2017
CRTC weighs impact on revised wireless code following Rogers request for delay
TORONTO - It’s all but certain that the Canadian telecom industry’s revised wireless code of conduct won’t be fully implemented before Christmas, including a change in the way custom...
Nov 15, 2017
Canada offers helicopters, planes, trainers to UN, but no decision on where
VANCOUVER - Canada inched closer to a much-anticipated return to peacekeeping on Wednesday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered the UN badly needed soldiers, equipment and a fresh feminist perspec...
Nov 15, 2017
Members of Canada's Zimbabwean community hope Harare turmoil brings change
Members of Canada’s Zimbabwean community are expressing hope that political turmoil unfolding in their homeland will bring lasting change after longtime president Robert Mugabe was placed under ...
Nov 15, 2017
Anna Paquin, Viola Desmond among those added to Canada's Walk of Fame
TORONTO - Sprinter Donovan Bailey says he knows that his induction into Canada’s Walk of Fame will affect the way he’s seen by future generations. “This is definitely a huge legacy p...
Nov 15, 2017
Van, sidearm stolen from Manitoba RCMP officer after struggle during escort
ST. LAURENT, Man. - An agency that investigates serious police actions in Manitoba says an RCMP officer was escorting a man to Winnipeg when he wrestled the Mountie’s gun away from him and took ...
Nov 14, 2017
Doctors encourage inoculation against painful shingles, laud new vaccine
TORONTO - Like many Canadians, Anne Van Burek had chickenpox as a child. But she never expected the virus that causes the itchy rash to come back to haunt her decades later. In February, Van Burek dev...
Nov 14, 2017
Canada takes softwood lumber dispute with U.S. to NAFTA appeal panel
OTTAWA - Canada is turning to the North American Free Trade Agreement in its bid to stop U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber. A letter from a Canadian lawyer was hand-delivered Tuesday to the Amer...
Nov 14, 2017