Category Archives: Canada

Ethics commissioner ready to testify to committee today: NDP critic
OTTAWA - The NDP's Charlie Angus says he expects ethics commissioner Mario Dion to be in a position to testify before a parliamentary committee today about his findings on the prime minister...
Aug 21, 2019

In the news today, Aug. 21
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 21 --- ETHICS REPORT NOT HURTING LIBERALS: POLL A new poll suggests a scathing ethics report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's handling of ...
Aug 21, 2019

Judge acquits Manitoba Mountie of manslaughter; says officer feared for his life
THOMPSON, Man. - A judge says he believes that a northern Manitoba RCMP officer genuinely feared for his life when he repeatedly shot at a drunk driver coming at him during an atte...
Aug 21, 2019

RCMP originally planned to arrest Meng Wanzhou on plane, defence lawyers say
VANCOUVER - The defence team for a Huawei executive wanted on fraud charges in the United States is alleging Canadian officials initially planned to arrest Meng Wanzhou when her plane landed, but...
Aug 21, 2019

Liberals unhurt, Tories not helped by scathing SNC-Lavalin report: Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a scathing ethics report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair hasn't so far hurt the Liberals' chances of re-election this fall - and...
Aug 20, 2019

Court approves release of video, affidavits ahead of Huawei executive's trial
VANCOUVER - A senior B.C. Supreme Court judge has agreed with what she calls a "somewhat unusual" request to provide documents and a video directly to media ahead of an extradition hearing for Hu...
Aug 20, 2019

Workers escorted away during Border Services probe at Vancouver horse track
VANCOUVER - Several people were removed form a Vancouver horse racing track this week as part of an investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency. Border services agents arrived at...
Aug 20, 2019

Alberta to limit oil production to end of 2020 as pipeline delays persist
CALGARY - The Alberta government says some oil companies will have to limit their production until the end of 2020 as pipeline delays persist. Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the current l...
Aug 20, 2019

Leaders, moderators confirmed for 2019 English, French debates
OTTAWA - Five party leaders have confirmed they will participate in two major televised election debates in October. The media partnership responsible for producing the debates says Liberal Leade...
Aug 20, 2019

Trudeau pledges to raise issue of falling media revenues at G7 leaders' summit
TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he plans to take the issue of declining news revenues amid domination by tech giants to the G7 leaders' summit in France later this ...
Aug 20, 2019