Category Archives: Canada
Workers to support families for missing and murdered Indigenous women inquiry
INDIAN BROOK, N.S. - It’s been eight years since the body of Tanya Brooks was discovered in the basement window well of a Halifax school. The murder of the 36-year-old mother of five from Millbr...
Sep 07, 2017
Thunder Bay, Ont., police chief to stand trial as early as December, lawyer says
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - The police chief of Thunder Bay, Ont., is now expected to stand trial on charges of breach of trust and attempting to obstruct justice as early as December. Chief J.P. Levesque wai...
Sep 07, 2017
School boards quickly hiring staff for Nova Scotia pre-primary program
HALIFAX - As the new school year begins, it appears most Nova Scotia school boards will have hired enough staff for the Liberal government’s promised expansion of pre-primary classes for four-ye...
Sep 07, 2017
Toronto-born Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter leaving magazine
Toronto-born Graydon Carter is leaving Vanity Fair after 25 years as the magazine’s editor. In an article on its website, accompanied by a portrait from famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, Vanit...
Sep 07, 2017
Toronto councillor apologizes for saying city planner 'should stick to the knitting'
Toronto’s deputy mayor is apologizing for comments he made about the city’s outgoing chief planner after backlash from critics who called his words sexist. Denzil Minnan-Wong told the Toro...
Sep 07, 2017
Worried neighbours seek answers as sinkhole swallows Nova Scotia home
FALMOUTH, N.S. - People living near a Nova Scotia home being swallowed by a large sinkhole say they are feeling jittery as they await answers on why the ground opened up - and whether other houses mig...
Sep 07, 2017
PM to meet first ministers, Indigenous leaders Oct. 3
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will convene a first ministers conference, including a meeting with national Indigenous leaders, on Oct. 3. The Prime Minister’s Office says the ec...
Sep 07, 2017
Baloney Meter: Will Scheer's ideas to stop asylum seekers at the border work?
OTTAWA - “It would have a practical consequence on dealing with the problem as it happens. It would also send that much-needed signal to all those in the United States who think that they can ju...
Sep 07, 2017
Conservative caucus debates strategy for fall, but also their own policies
WINNIPEG - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pledged Thursday that when Parliament resumes later this month he’ll hammer the Liberals on three of the hot button issues of the summer: taxes, asyl...
Sep 07, 2017
Canada faces potentially uncontrolled influx of 'Dreamers' from U.S.
TORONTO - President Donald Trump’s threat to end protections for those who entered the U.S. illegally as children could spark a new wave of immigration and asylum requests, some analysts warn. I...
Sep 07, 2017