Category Archives: Canada
Modest money: small sums obscure more than 40 per cent of federal fundraising
OTTAWA - Since the 2015 election, Canadians have donated nearly $75 million to the five political parties with seats in the House of Commons- but federal law makes it impossible to tell where more tha...
Aug 15, 2017
NAFTA glossary: Talk trade like a boss, with these negotiating terms
WASHINGTON - Negotiations start Wednesday for an update to the quarter-century-old North American Free Trade Agreement. This glossary of negotiating terms helps explain understand some of the underlyi...
Aug 15, 2017
Couillard says he is concerned by anti-immigration banners
Quebec’s opposition parties are encouraging far-right groups in the province, Premier Philippe Couillard said Tuesday in response to reports of anti-immigration banners being displayed in Quebec...
Aug 15, 2017
Fire smoke in northwest Ontario prompts evacuation of First Nation members
Smoke from an increasing number of forest fires in northwestern Ontario has prompted the evacuation of a First Nation in the region, officials said Tuesday. Deb MacLean, a fire information officer wit...
Aug 15, 2017
Eastern Canadian premiers and New England governors to meet in Charlottetown
CHARLOTTETOWN - Energy and greenhouse gas emissions are expected to be among the major issues up for discussion when the New England governors and eastern Canadian premiers meet later this month in Pr...
Aug 15, 2017
Advocate calls for greater transparency after five child deaths in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - At least five New Brunswick children whose families were known to protective workers have died, but little is publicly known about their deaths - and the province’s child and youth...
Aug 15, 2017
Two Toronto cops who mocked woman with Down syndrome appear before tribunal
TORONTO - Two Toronto police officers who were recorded mocking a 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome should lose their jobs over their comments, the woman’s mother said Tuesday as the pair fac...
Aug 15, 2017
Crash test monies: federal documents raise questions about $5.4M barrier
OTTAWA - Documents show Transport Canada went ahead with building a $5.4-million crash barrier at one of its vehicle test sites last year without knowing if it was worth the money. The auditor general...
Aug 15, 2017
Irish prime minister to march with Trudeau in Montreal's Pride parade
OTTAWA - Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s taoiseach, or prime minister, will join Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Montreal’s Pride parade during a three-day visit that gets underway Saturday. The ...
Aug 15, 2017
A brief history of Canada-US trade talks, as countries meet to write new chapter
WASHINGTON - A protectionist new government has been elected in North America, railing against free trade, and warning it will rip up a regional agreement. Across the border, baffled media pundits bem...
Aug 15, 2017