Category Archives: Canada

The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia: Protesters blocked traffic at a major intersection in Vancouver after the region's pub...
Feb 21, 2020

Ombudsman calls for national consultations, plan for supporting veterans
OTTAWA - Veterans ombudsman Craig Dalton is calling for nationwide consultations on a vision and plan for supporting former service members and their families. Dalton says a great deal has b...
Feb 21, 2020

Former Quebec media star Eric Salvail takes stand in his sex assault case
MONTREAL - Former Quebec media star Eric Salvail was no longer employed at Radio-Canada during the time he is alleged to have sexually assaulted a man in a bathroom at the public broadcaster, his tria...
Feb 21, 2020

Via Rail lays off 1,000 employees temporarily as blockades drag on
MONTREAL - Via Rail says it is temporarily laying off 1,000 employees due to blockades that continue to halt trains on CN tracks in Eastern Canada. The Crown corporation has suspended passenger servic...
Feb 21, 2020

China, Iran challenges top foreign policy priorities for Canada, says Champagne
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says no one should construe the co-operation between Canada and China on the novel coronavirus outbreak as a sign that relations between t...
Feb 21, 2020

Ban on heavy fuel oil in Arctic full of holes: environmental group
The global body that regulates shipping is moving to eliminate a highly polluting fuel in the Arctic. The International Maritime Organization has passed a draft regulation to ban heavy fuel oil i...
Feb 21, 2020

Kanesatake chief retracts rail blockade comments after community uproar
KANESATAKE, Que. - An Indigenous leader in Quebec retracted comments Wednesday about the possibility of ongoing rail blockades coming down - words that didn't go over well with members of his own comm...
Feb 21, 2020

Blockade on CN rail line in Edmonton removed, injunction granted
EDMONTON - A blockade set up on a Canadian National rail line on the western edge of Edmonton in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs was being dismantled - at least temporarily - Wednesday ...
Feb 21, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern):10:13Police south of Montreal are patrolling an ongoing blockade along Can...
Feb 21, 2020 Photo courtesy Canadian Press

Case of alleged RCMP secret-leaker could head behind closed doors
OTTAWA - Federal prosecutors are signalling they want to move the national-secrets case against a senior RCMP official behind closed doors, at least temporarily, while they sort out how to handle...
Feb 21, 2020