Category Archives: Canada
New U.S. trade czar: Trump will be remembered as an all-time great president
WASHINGTON - Never mind his reported blabbing about secret intelligence to a foreign adversary, low approval numbers, lack of signature legislation, hints of another major staff shakeup and multiple i...
May 15, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, May 15 --- INDEFINITE IMMIGRATION DETENTION UNDER FIRE: Canada’s immigration regime allows for indefinite and arbitrary detention and is therefore uncon...
May 15, 2017
Defence presenting case at sentencing hearing of youth who stabbed ex-girlfriend
REGINA - A sentencing hearing for a man who stabbed his former girlfriend to death when they were both 16 is hearing about what his life has been like in custody. Hannah Leflar was stabbed with a hunt...
May 15, 2017
Regulator renews TV licences, imposes roadblocks for shutting local stations
OTTAWA - Canada’s big TV ownership groups will have to jump over new hurdles if they want to shutter any of their local TV stations, according to licence renewals granted Monday by the country...
May 15, 2017
Federal cabinet to have oversight in infrastructure bank deals: Morneau
OTTAWA - The Trudeau cabinet will have a say in approving infrastructure projects evaluated by a new agency designed to merge billions in public and private cash - even though it’s supposed to o...
May 15, 2017
Ad featuring Ben Johnson making light of doping draws criticism in Australia
TORONTO - A new Australian commercial that features disgraced Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson making light of doping has drawn criticism from the country’s sport minister and prompted its anti-dop...
May 15, 2017
Verdict expected in protracted polygamy saga based in southeastern B.C.
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A date has been set for a verdict in the trial of two British Columbia men accused of polygamy. A B.C. Supreme Court judge in Cranbrook will issue her ruling July 24 in the trial of ...
May 15, 2017
Ontario-born filmmaker applies for non-binary birth certificate
TORONTO - An Ontario-born filmmaker who identifies as neither male nor female says the province “is in a prime position” to make non-binary birth certificates happen. Joshua M. Ferguson, w...
May 15, 2017
Nova Scotia election roundup
HALIFAX - (NSElxn) Nova Scotia’s New Democrats say they would run a series of deficits totalling $966 million over the next four years if elected May 30. The platform released today also project...
May 15, 2017
Missing, murdered indigenous women inquiry in 'serious trouble': advocates
OTTAWA - More than 30 advocates, indigenous leaders and family members issued an open letter Monday to the chief commissioner of the inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, suggesting the ...
May 15, 2017