Category Archives: Canada
'Political hot potato': residents of Hay River, N.W.T. urge dredging in key waterway
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - Aaron Campbell and his brother were boating from Yellowknife to Hay River, N.W.T., earlier this fall when they got stuck on a sandbar in the shallow waters of Great Slave Lake near...
Nov 04, 2022
'Freedom Convoy' leader Tamara Lich to be cross-examined at Emergencies Act inquiry
OTTAWA - Prominent "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich is expected to continue her testimony today at the public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act. She is to face cro...
Nov 04, 2022
Dig at B.C. shopping mall reveals Indigenous artifacts, and evolution of archeology
Time changes everything - including the way archeology works. It's a point illustrated by the recent discovery of Indigenous artifacts at the site of a shopping mall renovation in Williams Lake in cen...
Nov 04, 2022
Ottawa police investigating allegations of officers leaking info to 'Freedom Convoy'
Ottawa's interim police chief confirmed Thursday his force is investigating allegations that officers leaked intelligence to organizers of last winter's "Freedom Convoy" protest. Keith Wilson, a lawye...
Nov 03, 2022
Freeland releases fall economic statement
PRINCE GEORGE - In Ottawa today, federal finance minister Chrystia Freeland announced her fall mini-budget, and all eyes were drawn to its contents. With talks of a recession swirling in Ottawa, the g...
Nov 03, 2022
RCMP investigate so-called Chinese 'police' stations in Toronto area
The RCMP is investigating reports of criminal activity related to so-called foreign "police" stations in Canada after a human rights group reported China is operating more than 50 such venues overseas...
Nov 03, 2022
Fiscal Update 2022: Ottawa to permanently eliminate student loan interest
Ottawa says it plans to make permanent the pandemic era removal of interest on student loans in an effort to reduce some of the current financial pressures on young Canadians as the cost of living ris...
Nov 03, 2022
Five things you need to know about the Liberals’ fall economic update
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals unveiled their fall economic update Thursday - a 92-page mini-budget setting out Canada's fiscal situation and outlining new policies to tackle cost-of-living woes. The w...
Nov 03, 2022
After N.S. mass shooting, American family member of victims lost faith in Mounties
HALIFAX - U.S. citizen Jennifer Zahl Bruland says the murders of her father and stepmother in Nova Scotia's mass shooting led her to stop believing in the quality of Canada's national police force. In...
Nov 03, 2022
Fall budget update promises tax credits for clean electricity and hydrogen production
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's fall economic statement creates two new federal tax credits for clean technology and low-emitting hydrogen production. The statement is Freeland's first b...
Nov 03, 2022