Category Archives: Canada

NDP's Jagmeet Singh says report shows 'a number of MPs' have helped foreign states
OTTAWA - NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says a recent spy watchdog report shows a number of MPs have knowingly provided help to foreign governments. Singh says he is "more alarmed today" after reading an un...
Jun 13, 2024

Closed patios can reopen, but Montreal faces more questions over F1 weekend problems
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante says restaurants that were ordered to evict some customers during the Grand Prix weekend will be able to reopen their covered outdoor seating areas, even as mor...
Jun 13, 2024

Uber says new B.C. rules will increase costs, reduce demand for restaurants
VANCOUVER - Uber says regulation changes for ride-share and delivery workers in British Columbia will drive up costs and reduce demands for local restaurants. The company says in a statement that it s...
Jun 13, 2024

Legault government pursuing controversial 'third link' in Quebec City
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is moving ahead with a controversial transportation project in the provincial capital. Premier Franois Legault announced today his government is planning to build a th...
Jun 13, 2024

Quebec town's bylaw requires kids to collect signatures to play in the street
LES CDRES, Que. - School is almost out, summer heat is setting in and the children of a small Quebec town southwest of Montreal will soon be able to spend their days shooting hoops in the street - if ...
Jun 13, 2024

Family of victim of admitted serial killer reflects on plan to search landfill
WINNIPEG - The grandmother of one of the victims of an admitted serial killer says she was overcome with emotion when visiting the Winnipeg-area landfill where it is believed her granddaughter's remai...
Jun 13, 2024

Four more arrests, including main suspect, in fraud, data theft at Desjardins
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police have arrested a man they say was the principle architect of a major data theft and multimillion-dollar fraud involving the co-operative financial group Desjardins. ...
Jun 13, 2024

Liberals set aside little for disability benefit, despite spending boast: advocate
OTTAWA - An advocacy group for people with disabilities says the federal government set aside very little money for a new benefit, despite a Liberal minister's claim that it is the biggest line item i...
Jun 13, 2024

Police may never be able to talk to driver of bus in deadly collision in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - Manitoba RCMP say they may never be able to talk to the driver of a bus involved in a crash that killed 17 people a year ago. Supt. Rob Lasson says the driver continues to suffer severe med...
Jun 13, 2024

NunatuKavut Community Council celebrates Federal Court decision in identity case
OTTAWA - The Federal Court has weighed in on the increasingly controversial issue of so-called Indigenous identity theft that has caused a rift in Labrador - or, at least, that's how the group at the ...
Jun 13, 2024