Category Archives: Canada
Four stories in the news for today, June 9
Four stories in the news for Friday, June 9 --- AMERICAN TREASURY SECRETARY VISITS OTTAWA U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin will discuss trade, taxes and infrastructure when he meets in Ottawa wit...
Jun 09, 2017
U.S. treasury secretary seeks to ease business, trade concerns in Ottawa visit
OTTAWA - With far tougher talks on the horizon, President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary offered up some reassuring words Friday in Ottawa on the U.S.-Canada relationship. In his first offici...
Jun 09, 2017
Report into Fort McMurray wildfire cites communications breakdown in early days
EDMONTON - A report into the Fort McMurray wildfire cites critical communications breakdowns as the fire swept into the municipality and forced thousands to flee. Independent consultants that produced...
Jun 08, 2017
Trudeau reaffirms his opposition to constitutional negotiations with Quebec
LA MALBAIE, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has once again dismissed Quebec’s call for constitutional negotiations, saying future talks on Canadian unity need not take that route. After cur...
Jun 08, 2017
Conservatives try to determine who leaked membership list to firearms group
OTTAWA - Conservative party officials have pinpointed candidate Brad Trost’s campaign as one potential source of a suspected leak of the party’s membership list. But Trost’s campaign...
Jun 08, 2017
B.C. man facing terror charges mourned 2014 Quebec, Ottawa attackers online: trial
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man accused of posting terrorist propaganda online mourned two attackers who were shot dead by police after killing Canadian soldiers in 2014, an expert witness for the ...
Jun 08, 2017
Washington wanted a big bombshell; Comey came flinging grenades
WASHINGTON - The now-fired director of the FBI says he was so concerned about Donald Trump that he chronicled their conversations in notes, later tipped off the media about those notes to force the ap...
Jun 08, 2017
N.S. sailor jailed three years for sexually assaulting woman he met on Facebook
HALIFAX - A Halifax-area navy sailor has been jailed three years for sexually assaulting a woman he met over Facebook. Leading Seaman Paul Simpson, 43, assaulted the woman on their second date, on Feb...
Jun 08, 2017
New defence policy calls for more money, equipment
OTTAWA - The government’s new defence policy, released this week, includes pledges of more money and better equipment for the Canadian Forces over the next 20 years. A look at some of the highli...
Jun 08, 2017
Coming Liberal bill aims to resolve long-running legal spat over gun records
OTTAWA - The Liberals are aiming to resolve a constitutional challenge over a retroactive Conservative law that ended a probe into RCMP destruction of gun registry records. Public Safety Minister Ralp...
Jun 08, 2017