Category Archives: Canada
Ousted Manitoba backbencher asks court to strike down ban on floor-crossing
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician who was kicked out of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus is asking a judge to strike down the province’s ban on floor-crossing as a violation of his c...
Aug 21, 2017
Preliminary hearing for suspect in girl's abduction from Saskatchewan playground
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl from a Saskatchewan playground is to face a preliminary hearing this fall. The hearing for Jared John C...
Aug 21, 2017
Globe and Mail to scrap print edition in Atlantic Canada later this year
TORONTO - The Globe and Mail is putting a stop to its daily print edition across Atlantic Canada later this year. Publisher Phillip Crawley said the national newspaper plans to halt production for the...
Aug 21, 2017
German softwood imports up tenfold in wake of U.S. duties on Cdn industry
OTTAWA - U.S. imports of softwood from Germany have grown tenfold in the first half of the year as punishing duties pushed imports of Canadian softwood down. RBC Capital Markets analyst Paul Quinn est...
Aug 21, 2017
Ont. court approves Home Capital class-action lawsuit settlement
LONDON, Ont. - Embattled alternative mortgage lender Home Capital Group (TSX:HCG) is another step closer to rebuilding after an Ontario court approved the settlement of a $29.5 million class-action la...
Aug 21, 2017
A NAFTA chapter focused on Indigenous rights will be crucial, Bellegarde says
OTTAWA - The push for an Indigenous chapter in a renegotiated NAFTA could require support from Indigenous Peoples south of the border as well as in Canada, says Assembly of First Nations National Chie...
Aug 21, 2017
Jerry Lewis telethons played 'pivotal role,' says Muscular Dystrophy Canada
TORONTO - The passionate advocacy work of Jerry Lewis has left an indelible mark in Canada, says the head of Muscular Dystrophy Canada. CEO Barbara Stead-Coyle credits much of today’s research b...
Aug 21, 2017
Ottawa wants info on impact of nuclear-waste bunker on Indigenous community
TORONTO - Further information on how a proposed nuclear-waste bunker near Lake Huron might affect area First Nations peoples is needed before the government decides whether to approve the project, fed...
Aug 21, 2017
More people have overdosed in Vancouver so far this year compared to 2016 total
VANCOUVER - More people have fatally overdosed in Vancouver so far this year compared with the total number of illicit-drug deaths for all of 2016, the city says. It says 232 overdose deaths have been...
Aug 21, 2017
Quebec mayor tells right-wing group to leave; says it won popularity contest
MONTREAL - Quebec City’s mayor says right-wing protesters are not welcome in his city but he believes they won the popularity contest during duelling demonstrations over the weekend. Mayor Regis...
Aug 21, 2017