Category Archives: Canada

Canada calls out on China at WTO council meeting for evidence to back canola ban
OTTAWA - Canada has used a major World Trade Organization gathering to demand China deliver evidence that Canadian canola is contaminated. Stephen de Boer, the Canadian ambassador to the world's leadi...
May 09, 2019

Quebec's secularism bill praised and attacked during first day of public hearings
The two renowned academics whose work served as the intellectual justification for the government's secularism bill came out fiercely against the proposed legislation as hearings began Tuesd...
May 09, 2019

Climate change driving voters' decisions at ballot box, winning Greens say
OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada's newest MP says the spring floods in eastern Canada contributed to his win in Monday's byelection on Vancouver Island. The connection: concerns about...
May 08, 2019

Court to hear man's appeal of convictions in deaths of Calgary couple, grandson
CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal is to hear arguments today from lawyers for a man sentenced to life in prison for killing a couple and their grandson. Douglas Garland is appealing his&...
May 09, 2019

Ottawa police looking for missing Supreme Court Justice Gascon, family concerned
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Police Service says Supreme Court of Canada Justice Clement Gascon has gone missing. Police say Gascon, who is 59, was last seen Wednesday afternoon in the city. Investigators...
May 08, 2019

Military misses Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, ready to welcome him back: Top general
OTTAWA - Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says the military has missed Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and that the two of them will discuss Norman's return to active duty as soon as possible. The comment i...
May 08, 2019

Goodale disputes charge that bill maintains solitary confinement by another name
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is disputing claims that a bill to end solitary confinement in Canada's prisons is merely "linguistic trickery" that maintains the practice under a d...
May 08, 2019

Former B.C. mayor pleads guilty to sex assaults of four boys under 16
SMITHERS, B.C. - The youngest elected mayor in British Columbia's history pleaded guilty Monday to sexually assaulting boys in what his lawyer says is an act of remorse that will bring an end to ...
May 08, 2019

Pro-pipeline protesters chant outside natural resources minister announcement
CALGARY - Hundreds of pro-pipeline protesters rallied outside a Calgary office tower during a clean energy announcement by federal Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi. The protest by the gro...
May 08, 2019

As child benefits climb, feds look to get payments in to families missing out
OTTAWA - A planned increase in the value of the Canada Child Benefit will miss just over one-fifth of Indigenous families living on reserves, part of the five per cent of families nationwide...
May 08, 2019