Category Archives: Canada

WE Charity restructuring operations after being centre of sole-sourced contract
TORONTO - WE Charity is restructuring its operations weeks after its sole-sourced contract with the government shone a spotlight on the organization at the centre of an ethics investigation of the pri...
Jul 15, 2020

Alberta Mountie gets probation for in-custody assault on Indigenous man
HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. - A Mountie has been given 15 months probation for assaulting an Indigenous man shortly after his arrest in northern Alberta. A judge convicted Const. Licio Soares, an ei...
Jul 15, 2020

Huawei hopeful it can provide 5G to Canada despite, Trump, Five Eyes pressure
OTTAWA - Huawei Canada says it is collateral damage in the Trump administration's trade war with China and remains hopeful that it might still be able to sell next-generation internet equipment to Can...
Jul 15, 2020

Feds urged to do own review of proposed Alberta coal mine expansion
OTTAWA - A lawyer at the centre of a lobbying effort to stop a coal mine from expanding in Alberta says the federal government's refusal to do its own environmental review of the project is ...
Jul 15, 2020

Charities awaiting word on fate of $912M student-volunteer program
OTTAWA - Non-profit groups that wanted to use Canada Student Services Grant to hire volunteers say they have not heard a peep from the federal government since WE Charity walked away from managing the...
Jul 15, 2020

Fishermen in B.C. catch a barracuda far from its nearest home in California
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A commercial fisherman knew he was staring at a fish out of place when a barracuda landed in his net on Vancouver Island, far from its typical habitat in southern California....
Jul 15, 2020

Bilingual 'Black Lives Matters' street message highlights Montreal artists
MONTREAL - The global protests spurred by George Floyd's death in Minneapolis are taking a colourful form in Montreal today, where some 20 artists are pain...
Jul 15, 2020

Aid for energy heavily weighted towards fossil fuels in COVID-19 response
OTTAWA - Federal energy and environment officials were warned in late April that Canada's clean-tech sector was in danger as COVID-19 knocked the bottom out of the industry. Three ...
Jul 15, 2020

Bloc leader Yves-Francois Blanchet denies anonymous allegations against him
MONTREAL - The leader of the Bloc Quebecois is categorically denying allegations that were made against him Tuesday night in an anonymous Facebook post. Yves-Francois Blanchet reacted today throu...
Jul 15, 2020

Two presumed COVID-19 cases at Nunavut mine may be territory's first infections
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is reporting two presumptive cases of COVID-19 at an iron mine on the northern tip of Baffin Island. The territory is the only jurisdiction in Canada without a confirmed cas...
Jul 15, 2020