Category Archives: Canada
Child protection groups warn of young people using new Snapchat location feature
TORONTO - Several child protection groups are warning that Snapchat’s new location-sharing feature could allow predators to more easily track young people. The Canadian Centre for Child Protecti...
Jun 29, 2017
Prince of Wales, wife Camilla to honour soldiers who died in Afghanistan
CFB TRENTON, Ont. - The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will start the second day of their royal tour at CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario, where the couple will meet members of the military ...
Jun 29, 2017
Feds want segregation fight put on ice; say planned law will deal with issues
TORONTO - A constitutional challenge to Canada’s segregation laws scheduled to be heard in September should be put on ice in light of proposed legislation and policy changes that will address th...
Jun 29, 2017
Manitoba seeking legal advice on federal government's carbon pricing plan
WINNIPEG - Manitoba became the second province Thursday to raise the spectre of a court challenge against the federal government’s carbon-pricing plan. Premier Brian Pallister said he is seeking...
Jun 29, 2017
Supreme Court dismisses two Site C lawsuits from B.C. First Nations
OTTAWA - Canada’s top court won’t hear an appeal from two B.C. First Nations worried that construction of an $8.8-billion hydro-electric dam would violate their constitutionally protected ...
Jun 29, 2017
Liberals extend Canada's mission in Iraq to March 2019
OTTAWA - The federal government has ordered the military to stay in Iraq for at least two more years as the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant prepares to enter a new phase. But de...
Jun 29, 2017
PM's claim Senate can't amend budget bills contains 'some baloney'
OTTAWA - “The issue around budgets, of course, is it’s the House of Commons that votes on budgetary measures, and the Senate is, of course, welcome to look at it and make recommendations. ...
Jun 29, 2017
At The Turn: golf's unlikely Kananaskis Country comeback proceeding apace
The golf-mad old man would descend the stairs as early as 4:30 a.m., anxious to seize every available moment of Alberta’s endless summer daylight. “Boys,” he would say, like a death ...
Jun 29, 2017
Experts look for clues in dead whale's body: 'The smell is unlike anything else'
NORWAY, P.E.I. - Marine mammal experts carved up a 14-metre right whale Thursday on the red sandy shores of P.E.I. in the hopes of finding out what killed the endangered whale and at least five others...
Jun 29, 2017
Canada is not about 'bricks and mortar,' PM tells critics of Canada 150 choices
CHARLOTTETOWN - Justin Trudeau pointed Thursday to an icebreaker’s voyage as a fine example of Canada 150 celebrations, but critics say he’s missed the boat in terms of a lasting, bricks-a...
Jun 29, 2017