Category Archives: Canada
Pride Toronto moves closer to securing annual grant amid controversy
TORONTO - Canada’s largest Pride parade is one step closer to securing municipal funding that has been threatened by a decision to ban uniformed police officers from the annual event. Pride Toro...
May 08, 2017
Liberals put on defensive over plans to create infrastructure investing machine
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government was on the defensive Monday over its plans to create a new infrastructure financing body amid opposition accusations that the Liberals had given global investors too mu...
May 08, 2017
People committing suicide because of long wait for help, N.S. Tories say
HALIFAX - The Progressive Conservatives committed $40 million to mental health services in Nova Scotia on Monday, saying the Liberals have failed to address a deepening crisis that is seeing people co...
May 08, 2017
Caring for aging parents costs Canadians $33B a year in expenses and lost income
TORONTO - Caring for aging parents costs Canadians $33 billion a year in direct out-of-pocket expenses and time off work, a new study by CIBC says. The report also says that number will only increase ...
May 08, 2017
Five stories in the news today, May 8
Five stories in the news for Monday, May 8 --- REINFORCEMENTS DEPLOYED IN QUEBEC FLOOD FIGHT Additional Canadian military personnel have been deployed in Quebec’s vast flood zone to help exhaust...
May 08, 2017
Senate committee calls for Liberals to kill interim Super Hornet purchase
OTTAWA - The Senate defence committee released a report Monday blasting the Trudeau government’s “political decision” to purchase Super Hornet fighter jets, while all but endorsing t...
May 08, 2017
Body of man missing in Quebec floods found; child still missing
MONTREAL - More than 1,500 soldiers hit the ground Monday to help Quebecers deal with “historic” flooding that has caused widespread damage and evacuations and sparked a desperate search f...
May 08, 2017
A timeline of key events in the British Columbia election campaign
VANCOUVER - A timeline of some of the key events in British Columbia’s election campaign: April 10: On the eve of the election, the Liberals release an campaign platform containing $157 million ...
May 08, 2017
Canada's 'Come From Away' wins 5 Outer Critics Circle Awards, including best musical
NEW YORK - Canadian theatrical production “Come From Away” has won five Outer Critics Circle Awards, including outstanding new Broadway musical. Married Canadian co-creators Irene Sankoff ...
May 07, 2017
New opioid prescribing guidelines aim to cut use of potent narcotics
TORONTO - Updated opioid-prescribing guidelines released Monday encourage doctors to avoid giving the powerful narcotics as a first-line treatment to patients with chronic, non-cancer pain and instead...
May 07, 2017