Category Archives: Canada

QuickQuotes: Journalists, politicians react to Christie Blatchford's death
Veteran newspaper columnist Christie Blatchford, whose fiery polemics framed Canadian news for five decades, has died at 68. Word of her death sparked an outpouring of online tributes from r...
Feb 12, 2020

'People are starting to wake up': Pipeline protesters expect long-term change
VANCOUVER - Opponents of a natural gas pipeline in northwestern British Columbia say they believe protests across the country are sparking a growing awareness of Indigenous rights that will lead to lo...
Feb 12, 2020

Toronto lawyer Leslyn Lewis becomes official candidate for Conservative leader
OTTAWA - Toronto lawyer Leslyn Lewis is running for leadership of the federal Conservative party. Her campaign says she was officially accepted into the race this week, after submitting the requi...
Feb 12, 2020

The Latest on Coastal GasLink protests across Canada
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural-gas pipeline in British Columbia: Trudeau speaks in Senegal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is weighing in on the protests over a ...
Feb 12, 2020

Cdn troops won't return to Iraq without Iraq's explicit approval, Champagne says
ALI AL-SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait - Canada's troops are eager to get back to work training Iraqi security forces but it won't happen unless Canada is certain of their safety and Iraq invites them to retur...
Feb 12, 2020

Canada to host Lima Group ministers meeting on Venezuela crisis next week
OTTAWA - Canada will host a meeting of its Lima Group partners next week in an attempt to build new momentum in their effort to bring democracy to Venezuela. The gathering of foreign ministe...
Feb 12, 2020

Longtime newspaper columnist Christie Blatchford dead at 68
TORONTO - Longtime newspaper columnist, author and firebrand Christie Blatchford, a hardnosed scribe known for deep-sourced scoops and biting opinion pieces, has died. She was 68. Blatc...
Feb 12, 2020

Freight and passenger railways under stress as anti-pipeline blockades continue
The RCMP has formally ended its enforcement operations in a region of northern B.C. that's at the centre of a pipeline dispute as protests across the country continue to cause disruptio...
Feb 12, 2020

Medical aid in dying not driven by lack of access to palliative care: new study
MONTREAL - Medical aid in dying is not being driven by factors such as poverty, isolation, or lack of access to proper palliative care, according to a new study by Canadian researchers....
Feb 12, 2020

Trudeau says it is time world admits there is too much systemic violence
GOREE ISLAND, Senegal - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the world needs to do more to prevent repeating the horrors of history. Trudeau is visiting Goree Island in Senegal this morning. The island ...
Feb 12, 2020