Category Archives: Canada
Federal government sends team to determine how Canada can help hurricane victims
TORONTO - The Canadian government is sending a team to the Caribbean to determine what help Canada can provide to victims of hurricane Irma. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the assessment team is ...
Sep 11, 2017
Rule of law lacking in Canada's prisons, segregation trial hears
TORONTO - Canada’s prison system lacks the rule of law when it comes to the use of solitary confinement, a court heard Monday. A lawyer for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association called the sy...
Sep 11, 2017
Ontario legislature resumes with opposition keeping focus on two Liberal trials
TORONTO - Ontario politicians returned to the legislature Monday after a three-month summer break under the shadow of two Liberal trials happening simultaneously in Toronto and Sudbury. The Liberal go...
Sep 11, 2017
Canadian gold company suspends investments in Greek mines
ATHENS, Greece - Canadian mining company Eldorado Gold, one of Greece’s largest foreign investors, said Monday it planned to suspend investment at its mines in Greece following what it said are ...
Sep 10, 2017
Caroline Mulroney named Progressive Conservative candidate for Ontario riding
TORONTO - Caroline Mulroney has been named the Progressive Conservative nominee for the riding of York-Simcoe. Mulroney, vice-president of an investment firm and daughter of former Prime Minister Bria...
Sep 10, 2017
RCMP honour Mountie they say died responding to illegal border crossing call
REGINA - An annual RCMP service that honours fallen Mounties has this year paid tribute to an officer who the force says died while he was responding to a call about an illegal border crossing. Const....
Sep 10, 2017
Former PQ leader Pierre Karl Peladeau not ruling out a return to politics
MONTREAL - Former Parti Quebecois leader Pierre Karl Peladeau isn’t ruling out an eventual return to politics. The Quebecor CEO made the comments during a brief appearance at a party meeting in ...
Sep 10, 2017
Two parties name new candidates for Quebec City-area byelection
MONTREAL - Two Quebec political parties have named new candidates for a Quebec City byelection after their previous choices pulled out of the race. The Coalition for Quebec’s Future announced Su...
Sep 10, 2017
Firefighters hope to steer blaze away from national park by setting smaller fires
WATERTON, Alta. - Firefighters are planning to ignite small fires to coax a large wildfire away from the boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta. Parks Canada said Sunday that crews will c...
Sep 10, 2017
Fire evacuees from one Manitoba community are allowed to return home
ST. THERESA POINT, Man. - Residents who were evacuated from a northern Manitoba First Nation because of a wildfire are allowed to return home. The Canadian Red Cross, which has been managing the evacu...
Sep 10, 2017