Category Archives: Canada
Unpopular Saskatchewan budget hangs over leadership race to replace Brad Wall
REGINA - Retiring Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall’s austerity budget from last spring has not been popular with voters and whoever takes over from him could still have to deal with the fallout. T...
Aug 20, 2017
Trudeau, Irish leader march in Montreal Pride parade
MONTREAL - Justin Trudeau marched with his Irish counterpart in Montreal’s Pride parade on Sunday, marking the first time a foreign head of government has joined a prime minister in a Canadian P...
Aug 20, 2017
From panhandlers to street musicians, not everyone is ready for cashless society
MONTREAL - The sound of Anthony Lovison’s singing echoes through the corridors of the Montreal subway, reaching commuters’ ears long before they see the young brown-haired man and his guit...
Aug 20, 2017
The Trump Unit: Inside Canada's PMO squad to save NAFTA
WASHINGTON - If Donald Trump deploys the big bomb during upcoming NAFTA negotiations, and threatens to blow up the continental trade agreement, a unit within the office of Prime Minister Justin Trudea...
Aug 20, 2017
Quebec ticket takes Saturday night's $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - Saturday night’s $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot was won by a ticket sold in Quebec. And the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for t...
Aug 20, 2017
Man and children, 13 and 4, die when minivan and semi collide in Manitoba
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. - A man and two children are dead after the minivan they were in collided with a semi in Manitoba. RCMP say the van was heading east on the Trans-Canada Highway on Saturday af...
Aug 19, 2017
Message of love, tolerance spread at anti-racism rally in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Messages of love, tolerance and understanding were shared by thousands of people who gathered on Saturday to protest racism and hate. Signs reading “live with love,” “div...
Aug 19, 2017
Wind fans B.C. fires, but growth of two largest blazes is limited
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Two of British Columbia’s biggest wildfires haven’t grown much over the past few days despite being fanned by strong winds. Kevin Skrepnek of the BC Wildfire Service ...
Aug 19, 2017
Saskatchewan Party sets Jan. 27 as date for vote to replace Premier Brad Wall
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Party will choose a new leader to replace Premier Brad Wall on January 27, saying the successor will be decided through a one-member, one vote system at a convention in Saska...
Aug 19, 2017
U.S. signals Trump's Buy American agenda non-negotiable in NAFTA talks
OTTAWA - The U.S. appears to be signalling that President Donald Trump’s vow to aggressively promote a “buy American, hire American” agenda is not open to discussion during negotiati...
Aug 19, 2017