Category Archives: Canada
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, May 5 --- MANY REGIONS BRACING FOR WEEKEND FLOODING: Persistent, steady rains soaking swaths of Central and Eastern Canada that have already endured record pr...
May 5, 2017
Defence, global warming and mortgages: how federal politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - When is an “architect” not an architect? That question, which spurred many a conversation this week on Parliament Hill, was far from funny to Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, who s...
May 5, 2017
Flow of defence funding constricted, even when there's money: DND figures
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan complained earlier this week about how years of underfunding has impacted the Canadian Armed Forces, but not even when money has been set aside for the military...
May 5, 2017
B.C.'s Clark thanks Trudeau for considering ban, tax on thermal coal
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier Christy Clark’s request to ban or heavily tax thermal coal from the United States is gaining traction with the federal government. In a statement today, Clar...
May 5, 2017
Paid coffee breaks for employees eliminated at two Tim Hortons in Quebec
COWANSVILLE, Canada - Two paid coffee breaks of 15 minutes each are a thing of the past for employees at a pair of Tim Hortons outlets in Quebec. The owner of the shops says he has done away with the ...
May 5, 2017
Man born out of wedlock can't inherit from grandmother, Ontario court rules
A man who was born out of wedlock has been denied a share of his grandmother’s estate after an Ontario court found the law at the time the woman’s will was made excluded children born outs...
May 5, 2017
Canada weighing multiple trade actions against U.S. over softwood lumber
WASHINGTON - The Canadian government is threatening multiple trade actions against the United States in retaliation for duties on softwood lumber, warning that several American industries could be tar...
May 5, 2017
Nova Scotia election roundup
HALIFAX - (NSElxn-NDP) Nova Scotia’s New Democrats say if they form government they’ll reinstate a film tax credit axed by the Liberal government two years ago. Leader Gary Burrill says on...
May 5, 2017
Conservatives want Trudeau to go to Manitoba border to see crossings first hand
EMERSON, Man. - Tensions flared in a Manitoba border community as two Conservative members of Parliament called on the prime minister to visit Emerson and get a first-hand look at the influx of refuge...
May 5, 2017
'Never a hard deadline:' PCs, Wildrose still working on unite-the-right proposal
EDMONTON - Alberta Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney says his team and the Wildrose party have made progress on a unity plan and an announcement is coming soon. Kenney said representatives ...
May 5, 2017