Category Archives: Canada

In the news today, Sept. 5
Four stories in the news for Thursday, Sept. 5 --- CANADA'S BIANCA ANDREESCU HEADS TO U.S. OPEN SEMIFINALS Bianca Andreescu became the first teenager to reach the U.S. Open semifinals in a d...
Sep 07, 2019

Conference looks at how First Nations can be involved in marijuana industry
VANCOUVER - The cannabis industry is seen by some First Nations as an opportunity to take the initiative and get out of poverty, says the regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of Fir...
Sep 06, 2019

Trial hears Quebec man stabbed his former partner, beat stranger to death
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - The trial of a Quebec man accused of murdering his partner and killing another man for a getaway vehicle began Friday at a courthouse north of Montreal. Crown prosecutor...
Sep 06, 2019

Humboldt seeks new image to help city move on from Broncos tragedy
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - The Saskatchewan city of Humboldt is looking to revamp its image as a way of helping people move past the Broncos bus crash. Spokeswoman Penny Lee says Humboldt became...
Sep 06, 2019

Union, federal government under pressure to reach a deal before election
OTTAWA - The country's biggest public-sector union says it's prepared to stay at the bargaining table with the federal government to reach a new contract for more than 70,000 of its members as the clo...
Sep 06, 2019

The Mooch's Trump tips for the next PM: keep a low profile, exercise restraint
TORONTO - Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has a couple of tips for the next prime minister of Canada on how to deal with Donald Trump: stay out of his field of vision and...
Sep 06, 2019

Lawsuit says illegal to force gas stations to paste carbon-price stickers
TORONTO - An Ontario law forcing gas stations to display stickers showing the cost of federal carbon pricing is illegal and should be thrown out, a new lawsuit asserts. The unproven lawsuit from ...
Sep 06, 2019

Scheer promises to create 'Canada Cyber Safe' certification for digital products
MONTREAL - Conservative party Leader Andrew Scheer says if elected his government would create a certification system to let consumers know if certain digital products meet federal secu...
Sep 06, 2019

Uncertainty over start date, debates ratchet up pre-election angst
OTTAWA - A campaign that could start at any time and a debate schedule that is itself the subject of debate are intensifying pre-election jitters in Ottawa going into the weekend. Observers are k...
Sep 06, 2019

Federal Court to hear arguments in top military judge's stalled court martial
OTTAWA - The Federal Court has agreed to hear arguments next month as prosecutors try to break a stalemate in the stalled court martial of Canada's top military judge. Col. Mario Dutil is facing four ...
Sep 06, 2019