Category Archives: Canada

Trudeau to call election Wednesday with morning visit to Rideau Hall
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau will ask Canada's Governor General to ring the bell Wednesday for a 40-day federal election campaign, one that pits a scandal-ridden Liberal government against a Conservative o...
Sep 12, 2019

Amnesty 'deeply concerned' about Alberta's plans to fight oil industry foes
CALGARY - Amnesty International has warned Alberta Premier Jason Kenney that his government's fight against oil and gas industry foes puts human rights at risk. The head of the group's Canad...
Sep 12, 2019

Quebecers behind assisted dying ruling want to see it become election issue
MONTREAL - Two Quebecers who were successful in getting a court to invalidate sections of the federal and Quebec laws on medically assisted dying want the issue to be given a prominent place on t...
Sep 12, 2019

New federal Arctic policy focuses on human health, environment, infrastructure
The federal government has released its long-awaited policy on developing the Canadian Arctic in a changing environmental and political world. But after three years of work on the lengthy document, so...
Sep 12, 2019

Manitoba premier sees majority as affirmation; admits PCs must 'listen better'
WINNIPEG - Brian Pallister and his Progressive Conservatives went early and won big. Pallister called an election more than a year before it was scheduled and the vote Tuesday ended with a second cons...
Sep 12, 2019

Glen Assoun to receive initial compensation payment for wrongful murder conviction
HALIFAX - A Halifax man will receive preliminary compensation from the federal and provincial governments after spending almost 17 years in prison as the result of a wron...
Sep 12, 2019

Federal party leaders set to dive into Day 2 of the election campaign
OTTAWA - With that new-campaign-bus smell still fresh, federal party leaders are heading out for Day 2 of the 43rd general election. The excitement had been palpable Wednesday with...
Sep 12, 2019

In the news today, Sept. 12
Four stories in the news for Thursday, Sept. 12 --- LEADERS DIVE INTO DAY 2 OF THE CAMPAIGN With that new-campaign-bus smell still fresh, federal party leaders are heading out for ...
Sep 12, 2019

Liberal election plane damaged in Victoria after media bus drives under wing
VICTORIA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's election plane sustained some damage in Victoria after a media bus drove under one of its wings Wednesday night. The plane had just landed in the Britis...
Sep 12, 2019

Trudeau launches Liberal election campaign in Vancouver, just like in 2015
VANCOUVER - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau headed Wednesday to what he calls his "second home" in British Columbia for his first event of the 2019 election campaign - a province full of both ...
Sep 12, 2019