Category Archives: Canada

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Aug. 14 --- CANADA OUTLINES NAFTA GOALS: Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has given Canadians a look at their government’s strategy as it prep...

SHAWINIGAN, Que. - Former Bloc Quebecois MP Rejean Lefebvre is facing sex-related charges involving a minor. Lefebvre was arraigned in Shawinigan today on charges of sexual assault, sexual touching an...

OTTAWA - The head of Canada’s postal service has announced he plans to step down next spring, nearly three years before his contract was set to expire. Canada Post says Deepak Chopra has advised...

TORONTO - A northern Ontario Indigenous community is suing CN Rail for alleged environmental and cultural damage caused by two 2015 derailments that led to significant oil spills. The Mattagami First ...

OTTAWA - The federal government plans to release this fall a new strategy to tackle veterans homelessness. Here are some figures from Employment and Social Development Canada and Veterans Affairs Cana...

OTTAWA - An emergency fund overseen by federal officials has doled out almost $38,000 in the last four months to help 40 veterans who faced financial crises, including some who may have been on the ve...

TORONTO - The Ontario government’s plan for major labour reforms would have significant side effects that would put 185,000 jobs at risk, a coalition of business groups said Monday in releasing ...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Small businesses affected by devastating wildfires in British Columbia will be getting emergency grants from the provincial government as dry weather extends the fire risk. Fores...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government wants to bring its feminism to the North American Free Trade Agreement, building on an agreement between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump to sup...

TORONTO - Officials in Toronto are trying to partially open three safe injection sites months earlier than anticipated, due to a rise in overdoses and deaths. Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s medi...