Category Archives: Canada
NAFTA, the NDP and a new tag line: 3 ways federal politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - Parliament Hill was absorbed by the scandal that was Anthony Scaramucci this week, with even the most focused of policy-makers wondering how their best-laid plans on NAFTA could possibly deli...
Aug 05, 2017
Canadian working with Kenya opposition party deported
A Canadian working on the opposition’s campaign in Kenya was deported Saturday ahead of the African country’s contentious presidential election, his wife says. Jennifer Mary Bell said she ...
Aug 05, 2017
Trudeau takes unscheduled ocean dip while touring national park in kayak
SIDNEY, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took an unscheduled dip on Saturday when he fell into the water trying to get into a kayak. He kept his head above water, but much of the rest of his body ...
Aug 05, 2017
Quebec ticket claims Friday night's $23 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - A single winning ticket was sold in Quebec for Friday night’s $23 million Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Aug. 11 will be approximately $10 million. The C...
Aug 04, 2017
Trudeau on Vancouver Island for summer social, kayak voyage, round table meeting
VICTORIA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his party must be ready and willing to have difficult and reasonable conversations with Canadians about the economy, environment and reconciliation with I...
Aug 04, 2017
Police launch probe after another reporter faces notorious sexist slur
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Police are investigating after a female reporter was heckled with a notorious sexist slur while on camera in St. John’s, N.L. Const. Geoff Higdon of the Royal Newfoundla...
Aug 04, 2017
B.C. woman files private charges over Mount Polley tailings spill
VANCOUVER - An Indigenous women has filed private charges in 2014 collapse of the tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine, days after British Columbia’s government announced that provincial charge...
Aug 04, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Aug. 4 --- PM SAYS GOVERNMENT CAN HANDLE ASYLUM SEEKER SURGE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada has the resources and the capacity to deal with the su...
Aug 04, 2017
Former political attache to Quebec premier Pauline Marois pleads guilty
MONTREAL - A former political aide to ex-Quebec premier Pauline Marois has pleaded guilty to counselling a criminal offence that was not committed. Ernest Murray was part of a group of seven people, i...
Aug 04, 2017
NAFTA, the NDP and a new tag line: 3 ways federal politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - Parliament Hill was absorbed by the scandal that was Anthony Scaramucci this week, with even the most focused of policy-makers wondering how their best-laid plans on NAFTA could possibly deli...
Aug 04, 2017