Category Archives: Canada

First Nations women finally to be treated equally under Indian Act: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says First Nations women will finally be treated the same as men under the Indian Act. Bennett says First Nations women and their descendan...
Aug 16, 2019

Liberals unveil $3B sole-source deal for armoured vehicles ahead of election
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government says it plans to award a multibillion-dollar contract for hundreds of light armoured vehicles to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada without holding a competit...
Aug 16, 2019

NDP removes MP as candidate who was in discussions with another party
OTTAWA - The New Democrats have removed Quebec MP Pierre Nantel as an NDP candidate following what the party is calling "confirmed reports" that he is in discussions to run for a different p...
Aug 16, 2019

Federal parties' privacy policies meet bare minimum required by new law
OTTAWA - The main federal political parties have developed and published privacy policies, as required by a new law, but none has adopted the stringent measures Canada's privacy commissioner and ...
Aug 16, 2019

Alek Minassian's statement to police after alleged van attack to be made public
TORONTO - Details of what a man accused in Toronto's deadly van attack told police after his arrest will be made public next month. Justice Anne Molloy says a publication ban on Alek Minassian's state...
Aug 16, 2019

Most residents allowed home after house explosion in London, Ont.
LONDON, Ont. - More residents have been cleared to return home after an explosion in London, Ont. A statement from the city says all but 10 of 100 homes were declared safe Thursday night and some...
Aug 16, 2019

Ottawa announces $1.75B to compensate dairy farmers for impact of trade deals
COMPTON, Que. - Ottawa has announced $1.75 billion in compensation for Canadian dairy farmers to offset a loss of market share resulting from free trade agreements with Europe and count...
Aug 16, 2019

Legault tells companies to increase wages if they want to find workers
QUEBEC - Restaurant owners and other employers having trouble finding workers need to pay higher wages if they expect to fill those jobs, Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday in response ...
Aug 16, 2019

Trudeau breached Conflict of Interest Act, says ethics commissioner
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau refused to apologize Wednesday for intervening in the SNC-Lavalin affair, even after the federal ethics watchdog concluded that the prime minister violated the Confli...
Aug 16, 2019

Saint John police chief says Oland murder investigation no longer active
FREDERICTON - The Saint John Police Force said Wednesday it is not actively investigating the 2011 killing of multi-millionaire businessman Richard Oland despite last month's acquittal ...
Aug 16, 2019