Category Archives: Canada

Green party targets use of tax money for political attack billboards
VANCOUVER - Green party Leader Andrew Weaver is calling for a ban on the use of taxpayer money for political attack ads after the B.C. Liberals bought billboards blaming Premier John Horgan ...
May 05, 2019

In the news today, May 3
Five stories in the news for Friday, May 3 --- NO PMO INPUT IN SNC ELECTIONS DEAL: WATCHDOG The watchdog who enforces Canada's election laws says no one from the Prime Mi...
May 05, 2019

Federal carbon tax ruled constitutional; Ottawa pressures premiers to get on board
REGINA - The federal government used a favourable court decision on its carbon tax Friday to put pressure on premiers who don't like it to stop fighting it. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal...
May 05, 2019

Psychiatrist on what doctors to consider when advising patients during Ramadan
VANCOUVER - A Canadian psychiatrist is advising doctors to help address the needs of mentally ill Muslim patients whose medication regimen could be affected by fasting during the upcoming re...
May 04, 2019

Canadian Forces adapting as requests for disaster-related assistance grow
OTTAWA - The first time Warrant Officer Andrew Buchan was called on to help provide disaster relief at home was the flooding in Quebec in 2017, after 15 years in the reserves. Now, only two years late...
May 04, 2019

Elections commissioner says no political input into SNC-Lavalin deal
OTTAWA - The watchdog who enforces Canada's election laws says no one from the Prime Minister's Office tried to help SNC-Lavalin avoid being charged with breaking campaign-financin...
May 04, 2019

Ex-Obama envoy Heyman details 'ice age' with Harper over Keystone pipeline
OTTAWA - Barack Obama's former envoy to Ottawa has pulled back the veil on how the previous Conservative government of Stephen Harper froze him out over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Bruce H...
May 04, 2019

Conservatives seek criminal investigation of PM's trips to Aga Khan's island
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives want the RCMP to look into whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke the law by accepting family vacations on the Aga Khan's private Caribbean islan...
May 04, 2019

Energy company's bankruptcy may show lenders viewing industry differently: CAPP
The bankruptcy of an energy company that plans to walk away from thousands of gas wells may be a sign lenders are changing how they look at the industry in light of a recent Supreme Court ru...
May 04, 2019

From Parliament to Pyramid Power, 8-time Stanley Cup winner Red Kelly did it all
Hockey Hall of Famer Red Kelly packed several careers into his lifetime - sometimes at the same time. But hockey was always at the heart of the things for the smooth-skating Kelly. Kelly won eight Sta...
May 04, 2019