Category Archives: Canada

Asylum claims dipped last month but numbers remain up over last year
OTTAWA - New statistics released Monday show a slight dip in the number of people intercepted at the Canada-U.S. border last month trying to cross unofficially to claim asylum. Last month, 1,762 ...
Sep 16, 2019

Two senior Canadian Forces members charged with sexual assaults
OTTAWA - Military police have laid sexual-assault charges against two senior members of the Canadian Armed Forces, including a lieutenant-colonel working as a reservist with the military's recruiting ...
Sep 16, 2019

Quebec watchdog criticized over investigations of police shootings
MONTREAL - Rights advocates and victims' families in Quebec are calling for greater transparency from the province's independent police watchdog. A civil rights advocacy group, la Ligue des droits et ...
Sep 16, 2019

Students from Manitoba and U.S., killed in Vancouver Island bus crash: Coroner
VICTORIA - Two 18-year-old students, a woman from Manitoba and an American man, have been identified as the victims of a fatal bus crash on Vancouver Island. The British Columbia Corone...
Sep 16, 2019

People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier invited to two broadcast debates
OTTAWA - People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier has secured an invitation Monday to two official leaders' debates in October. Bernier had previously been denied a chance to attend because...
Sep 16, 2019

In the news today, Sept. 16
Three stories in the news for Monday, Sept. 16 --- DAY 6 ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL The sixth day of the federal election campaign sees the Green party unveiling its full platform. Liberal Leader...
Sep 16, 2019

Average fall, cold winter ahead, The Weather Network predicts
Canadians can expect average temperatures this fall that will give way to a cold winter in central and eastern parts of the country, according to The Weather Network. The network is predicti...
Sep 16, 2019

Liberals make child care pledge, Greens unveil platform on Day 6 of campaign
OTTAWA - The Liberals and the Greens each unveiled signature elements of their policy plans Monday as leaders taking part in the federal election campaign fanned out across the country....
Sep 16, 2019

Ortis arrest 'unsettling,' amid RCMP damage assessment, says top Mountie
OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki says the Mounties are assessing and trying to mitigate the possible damage that may have been caused in light of the arrest of one of its senior intel...
Sep 16, 2019

You're out! A list of federal election candidates forced to step down, resign
OTTAWA - A list of candidates forced to step down, or resigned since the start of the campaign on Sept. 11, which doesn't include, for instance, the Liberal decision to oust candidate Hassan Guil...
Sep 15, 2019