Category Archives: Canada

Backlog of applications for veterans' benefits grows by the thousands
OTTAWA - More Canadian veterans than ever are waiting to find out whether they qualify for disability benefits, despite repeated government promises and efforts to get the situation under control. New...
Feb 10, 2020

Trudeau to visit Canadian troops in Kuwait amid regional tensions
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to visit Canadian troops in Kuwait on Monday about a month after they were relocated there from Iraq. Canada has two ongoing operations in...
Feb 09, 2020

Tories decry judicial appointment amid renewed scrutiny of MacKay's record
OTTAWA - Conservatives are accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of stacking Canada's courts with Liberal partisans, pointing to a recently appointed judge who has donated almost $26,000 to...
Feb 09, 2020

Bridges, buildings, railways, streets focus of anti-pipeline protests
VICTORIA - From the steps of the British Columbia legislature to Vancouver's city hall to ports, bridges, railways and streets, protests are continuing to support hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suw...
Feb 09, 2020

Baird confirms he's thinking about running for federal Conservative leadership
OTTAWA - Conservative heavyweight John Baird has confirmed he's thinking about throwing his hat into the federal party's leadership ring. The former minister told Global's "The West Blo...
Feb 09, 2020

Teck Frontier mine not a 'political gift' from Ottawa: Alberta minister
CALGARY - Alberta's environment minister says Ottawa shouldn't think it can use federal aid as a bargaining tool to determine the fate of a proposed Frontier oilsands mine. The federal cabinet ha...
Feb 09, 2020

Alberta's Kenney says push on to strengthen ties, find common ground with Quebec
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta's new Montreal trade office will be just one part of a renewed push in the coming months to strengthen ties and find common ground with Quebec. "...
Feb 09, 2020

'100 per cent racial': Indigenous hockey player's dad rejects report on verbal abuse
WAYCOBAH, N.S. - An investigation into allegations an Indigenous hockey player faced racist taunts during a recent game in Cape Breton concluded the verbal abuse did...
Feb 09, 2020

Feds to fund urgent research into new coronavirus, including social impacts
OTTAWA - As governments and health agencies around the world race to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the federal funding agency for health research is set to back work ...
Feb 09, 2020

Parents in Montreal start petition to add windows to 'bunker-like' school
MONTREAL - Five days a week, students at a high school in one of Montreal's poorest districts spend all day learning math and science in classrooms without windows. In the win...
Feb 09, 2020