Category Archives: Canada
Blackhawks' Jonathan Toews speaks out on climate change in Instagram post
Hockey star Jonathan Toews says the only way to solve climate change is to set aside personal agendas and think on a broader scale. The Chicago Blackhawks captain and two-time Canadian Olympic champio...
Jun 03, 2017
Tornado touches down southeast of Edmonton, no reports of injuries or damage
TROCHU, Alta. - Environment Canada says a tornado touched down southeast of Edmonton, Alberta. It says it came down near Wimborne, a small community about 216 kilometres south of Edmonton around 5:10 ...
Jun 03, 2017
Morneau to meet with American counterpart in Ottawa next week
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau is to meet with his American counterpart in Ottawa next week. Morneau says he looks forward to the June 9 meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. It̵...
Jun 03, 2017
Walloon leader tells Montreal crowd U.S. will regret leaving Paris climate deal
MONTREAL - Canada and the European Union will come out the winners regarding the U.S. decision to leave the Paris climate deal, the Minister-President of the French-speaking Wallonia region of Belgium...
Jun 03, 2017
Health Canada flags U-47700 in hopes of staving off latest opioid threat
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to stave off the threat of a powerful new street drug its users have christened “grey death.” Health Canada is seeking stakeholder comments on a ...
Jun 03, 2017
Man, 24, pleads guilty to terrorism-related charge in Toronto court
TORONTO - A 24-year-old man has pleaded guilty to a terrorism-related charge in a Toronto court. The Public Prosecution Service of Canada says Kevin Omar Mohamed pleaded guilty Friday to one count of ...
Jun 03, 2017
Lumber dispute could be resolved before August NAFTA talks: softwood envoy
MONTREAL - The softwood lumber dispute with the United States could be resolved before the NAFTA renegotiation gets underway in mid-August, says Quebec’s softwood lumber envoy. Raymond Chretien,...
Jun 03, 2017
East Coast premiers cool to Quebec's desire to reopen Constitution
OTTAWA - The premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick said Friday they have little interest in Quebec’s call to eventually reopen constitutional talks. New Brunswick’s Brian...
Jun 03, 2017
Doctors providing medically assisted death gather for first national meeting
VANCOUVER - Doctors who provide assisted death are meeting for the first time since the service became legal in Canada to discuss how some eligible patients are not getting the help they need to end t...
Jun 03, 2017
Scheer, Lyme and lumber: how federal politics touched Canadians this week
OTTAWA - It was an intense week of repudiation on Parliament Hill. U.S. President Donald Trump entrenched - with gusto, and to Canada’s consternation - his inward-looking approach to global affa...
Jun 03, 2017