Category Archives: Canada
PM balances welcoming message to newcomers with emphasis on immigration rules
KELOWNA, B.C. - Justin Trudeau says there’s nothing inconsistent about touting Canada as a welcoming country that embraces immigrants and refugees while simultaneously trying to head off another...
Sep 07, 2017
Last of a group of gay Chechen men to arrive soon as part of clandestine program
OTTAWA - The head of a Toronto organization that helped gay men flee torture and abuse in Chechnya says they are coming to terms with life in Canada, but remain fearful for their safety. Kimahli Powel...
Sep 07, 2017
Case of teens charged in naked photo ring casts shadow over Nova Scotia town
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - This small Nova Scotia town is reckoning with the long shadow of a criminal prosecution involving so many of its children. Under a national spotlight because of an intimate photo r...
Sep 07, 2017
Review of new opioid guidelines finds conflict of interest had no affect
OTTAWA - The Canadian Institutes for Health Research has concluded new national guidelines for prescribing opioids were based on sound scientific evidence, despite a conflict of interest between one o...
Sep 07, 2017
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Sept. 7 --- QUEBECER DESCRIBES IRMA AS TERRIFYING: A Quebec man living on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin is calling hurricane Irma the most terrifying...
Sep 07, 2017
Cannabis: Quebec groups worried about impact in the workplace
MONTREAL - Quebec’s largest labour federation and a major business group say the provincial government needs to pay particular attention to the workplace consequences of cannabis use. The Quebec...
Sep 07, 2017
Indigenous protesters build tiny homes in path of Trans Mountain pipeline
CHASE, B.C. - First Nations protesters in British Columbia are planning to place tiny homes directly in the path of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, an idea drawn from an influential Indigenous ...
Sep 07, 2017
TSB says all commercial Beaver planes should have stall-warning system
MONTREAL - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is recommending all Beaver-type planes be equipped with a stall-warning system. The agency made the announcement Thursday as it released its report...
Sep 07, 2017
Chiefs want Manitoba to declare state of emergency due to forest fires, evacuees
WINNIPEG - Indigenous leaders called on the Manitoba government Thursday to declare a state of emergency and free up more hotel rooms for people who have fled northern forest fires. Chief Dino Flett o...
Sep 07, 2017
Doors shut to public at murder trial of man accused of killing off-duty cop
HALIFAX - A pre-trial hearing for a Halifax man accused of murdering an off-duty police officer will be held behind closed doors. Justice Josh Arnold agreed Thursday to the Crown’s unusual reque...
Sep 07, 2017