Category Archives: Canada
Liberal MPs offer amendments to controversial changes for budget watchdog
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is backing away from controversial elements of its legislation to transform the federal budget watchdog, with help from a number of amendments proposed Friday by Libera...
May 26, 2017
Methane, deficits and the civil service: three ways politics mattered this week
OTTAWA - Speculation filled the void left by the members of Parliament who vacated the capital for the week to spend time in their ridings. Who would win the Conservative leadership? Do Prime Minister...
May 26, 2017
Health Canada approves new supervised consumption sites in B.C. and Montreal
OTTAWA - Health Canada has approved plans to create four new supervised consumption sites in British Columbia and Quebec, but some health officials say the approvals fall short of meeting the needs in...
May 26, 2017
Partial list of attacks on transit drivers: Assaults often during fare disputes
Winnipeg Transit is proposing a pilot project to test safety barriers for bus drivers following the fatal stabbing of one of its employees last winter. A city council committee is to consider the reco...
May 26, 2017
Quebec teen sentenced to six months in plot to kill fellow classmates
ST-HYACINTHE, Que. - A 14-year-old Quebec teen has been sentenced to six months detention for his part in a plot to kill fellow classmates. A spokesman for the Crown’s office confirmed todayR...
May 26, 2017
Roundup of Nova Scotia campaign news
HALIFAX - (NSElxn-Tories) The widow of a man who died days after languishing in the hallway of a Halifax ER laid blame on the Liberal government Friday for what she says is a crisis in the health care...
May 26, 2017
Ontario man loses bid to avoid extradition in child porn distribution case
TORONTO - A man who voluntarily told an Ontario court he had distributed child porn in an effort to avoid facing a related charge in the U.S. has lost another bid to stave off extradition. Brandon Wil...
May 26, 2017
$12M award upheld against Ontario municipality for horrific car crash
TORONTO - A judge made no errors in ruling that a young woman’s devastating car crash occurred only because a municipality negligently failed to ensure the road was snow-free, Ontario’s to...
May 26, 2017
European addiction experts urge expansion of medical heroin program in Canada
VANCOUVER - Addiction experts from five European countries say their experience with prescription heroin programs have provided overwhelming evidence to suggest Canada should expand its one clinic in ...
May 26, 2017
That's Saint John not St. John's: Sea Dogs shake off branding blunder at MemCup
WINDSOR, Ont. - The Saint John Sea Dogs shook off an embarrassing branding blunder at the Memorial Cup this week, taking it in stride in true Maritime spirit. The Sea Dogs arrived in Windsor for the C...
May 26, 2017