Category Archives: Canada
Former Tory minister retiring, says he won't run to lead Saskatchewan Party
OTTAWA - Gerry Ritz won’t enter the race to lead the Saskatchewan Party, the long-serving Conservative MP said Thursday, after announcing he’s leaving federal politics. “It is out of...
Aug 31, 2017
Canadian economic growth 'gangbusters' in second quarter thanks to consumers
OTTAWA - The confident consumer helped drive across-the-board economic growth in the second quarter, giving the country its best start to a calendar year since 2002. Growth expanded at an annual pace ...
Aug 31, 2017
Probe of prominent businessman's homicide is 'fluid and moving,' police say
SYDNEY, N.S. - Jim Matthews was a coal miner’s son who would wake before dawn to work on a local milk truck. His reverence for hard work helped the 54-year-old become a prominent entrepreneur - ...
Aug 31, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Aug. 31
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 31 --- TORY MP GERRY RITZ SET TO RESIGN: SOURCES Gerry Ritz, one of the longest serving Conservative members of Parliament, is set to leave federal political...
Aug 31, 2017
Hearing seeking easing of bail conditions for Omar Khadr cancelled
EDMONTON - A hearing to determine whether bail conditions for former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr should be eased allowing him unsupervised visits with his controversial sister did not go ahead ...
Aug 31, 2017
Philpott looks to bring Indigenous health delivery to new department
OTTAWA - Newly minted Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says her new department will likely include the delivery of health services for First Nations and Inuit - an area previously under her ...
Aug 31, 2017
B.C. ruling that found ministry failed to protect kids from sex abuse overturned
VANCOUVER - A court ruling that found social workers in British Columbia failed to protect kids from sexual abuse by their father has been overturned after it sparked widespread condemnation of the Ch...
Aug 31, 2017
Video shows clerk at Calgary store fighting back against would-be thieves
CALGARY - Heart-pounding security footage of a violent robbery at a Calgary convenience store captured a fearless clerk trading blows with a man and women armed with what appears to be a tire iron and...
Aug 30, 2017
If Trump triggers a withdrawal from NAFTA, we walk: Mexico
WASHINGTON - If Donald Trump attempts the proverbial gun-to-the-temple negotiating strategy on NAFTA, how should America’s neighbours respond: Keep sitting there, or walk away from the bargainin...
Aug 30, 2017
National Energy Board says Trans Mountain meets conditions for B.C. terminal
VANCOUVER - The National Energy Board says the Trans Mountain pipeline project has met conditions required for the expansion of its Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, B.C. Trans Mountain, a subsidi...
Aug 30, 2017