Category Archives: Canada

Bob Woodward's goal with Trump book 'Rage': 'the best obtainable version of truth'
WASHINGTON, Wash. - "I hope you're recording this, so you get it down," Bob Woodward says, nary a hint of irony in his voice. Indeed, relying solely on notes for a conversation with the celebrat...
Sep 20, 2020

New tools, ideas needed to speed up housing strategy funding, CMHC president says
OTTAWA - The national housing strategy will need new tools to move more quickly from ideas to finished projects during the COVID-19 pandemic, says the head of the federal housing agency. The Canada Ho...
Sep 20, 2020

Bob Woodward's goal with Trump book 'Rage': 'the best obtainable version of truth'
WASHINGTON, Wash. - "I hope you're recording this, so you get it down," Bob Woodward says, nary a hint of irony in his voice. Indeed, relying solely on notes for a conversation with the celebrat...
Sep 20, 2020

Preparations underway for pandemic election in Saskatchewan and maybe B.C.
VANCOUVER - Election administrators in British Columbia are ready with hand sanitizer for voters and personal protective equipment for polling station workers as par...
Sep 20, 2020

B.C. migrant, undocumented workers rally for permanent residency program
VANCOUVER - Migrant workers and advocates called for a "just recovery" from the COVID-19 pandemic during a digital rally on Saturday. Chit Arma, who chairs the Migrant Workers Centre in Vancouver, say...
Sep 19, 2020

Some highlights from the life and career of former prime minister John Turner
TORONTO - Some highlights from the life and career of former prime minister John Turner: June 7, 1929: John Napier Wyndham Turner is born in Richmond, England. 1932: Turner and his mother move to Brit...
Sep 19, 2020

Canadian Press NewsAlert:Former prime minister John Turner dead at 91
OTTAWA - Former prime minister John Turner, dubbed "Canada's Kennedy" when he first arrived in Ottawa in the 1960s, has died at the age of 91.Marc Kealey, a former aide speaking on behalf of Turner's ...
Sep 19, 2020

QuickQuotes: Public figures react to death of former prime minister John Turner
Former prime minister John Turner, who led the country for just 79 days in the summer of 1984, has died at 91. News of his death Saturday sparked an outpouring of tributes online from fellow politicia...
Sep 19, 2020

Canadian Press NewsAlert:Former prime minister John Turner dead at 91
OTTAWA - Former prime minister John Turner, dubbed "Canada's Kennedy" when he first arrived in Ottawa in the 1960s, has died at the age of 91. Marc Kealey, a former aide speaking on behalf o...
Sep 19, 2020

COVID-19 task force worries Trump's rush to approve vaccine will spook Canadians
OTTAWA - Members of the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine task force are casting worried eyes at the Trump administration's political push to get a vaccine approved before the U.S. presidential el...
Sep 19, 2020