Category Archives: Canada
Parts of eastern Canada to be in direct path of next total solar eclipse in 2024
FREDERICTON - For Canadians who had to watch television to get the best view of Monday’s total solar eclipse, just wait until the next one in seven years when the path of totality crosses parts ...
Aug 21, 2017
Liberals face calls for transparency on ballistic missile defence
OTTAWA - Federal opposition parties are demanding the Trudeau government come clean on whether Canada plans to embrace continental ballistic missile defence, as concerns about North Korea’s nucl...
Aug 21, 2017
Study suggests grizzly-human conflict rising in southwestern Alberta
EDMONTON - Newly published research suggests conflict between humans and grizzlies in the mountains and foothills of southwestern Alberta has been growing for more than a decade. “We started to ...
Aug 21, 2017
Cornwall officials seek answers on arrival of Haitian asylum seekers
CORNWALL, Ont. - Municipal politicians in this eastern Ontario community said Monday they were frustrated at the paucity of information from the federal government over an influx of Haitian asylum see...
Aug 21, 2017
Border-beer case could 'redesign' Canadian federalism: N.B. government
FREDERICTON - A battle over cross-border beer sales threatens to end Canadian federalism as it was originally conceived, the New Brunswick government argues in a submission to the country’s top ...
Aug 21, 2017
Alberta RCMP officers cleared in fatal shooting after front-end loader rampage
EDMONTON - Alberta’s police watchdog says two RCMP officers were justified when they shot and killed a man who was on a rampage with a stolen front-end loader and tried to use the massive machin...
Aug 21, 2017
Haitian-Canadian MP headed to Miami to try to address would-be asylum seekers
OTTAWA - Haitian-Canadian MP Emmanuel Dubourg will travel to Miami on Wednesday to try and counter misinformation which has driven thousands of Haitian asylum seekers to Canada in recent months. His t...
Aug 21, 2017
Leadership candidate hopes Calgary Pride revisits rejection of new Alberta party
CALGARY - A leadership candidate for Alberta’s new conservative party says he hopes organizers of the Calgary Pride parade will reconsider and allow the party to participate. Brian Jean, who was...
Aug 21, 2017
Philpott urges doctors to help improve health of most vulnerable patient groups
QUEBEC - Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says Canada’s doctors have a major role to play in improving the health of the country’s most vulnerable populations, including those at risk...
Aug 21, 2017
Judge to decide next week on fitness assessment for woman facing terror charges
TORONTO - An Ontario judge will decide by next week if a fitness assessment is required for a Toronto-area woman facing terror charges in an alleged attack at a Canadian Tire store. A lawyer appointed...
Aug 21, 2017