Category Archives: Canada

Trudeau to meet Pelosi, McConnell, as well as Trump in Washington
WASHINGTON - Justin Trudeau's meeting with Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday is set to be a deal-making session that could turn on an exchange of favours on North American trade and the plig...
Jun 21, 2019

Latest dead North Atlantic right whale off Canada's coast believed to be female
FREDERICTON - The latest dead North Atlantic right whale spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is believed to be a large female. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the whale was spotted northeast of the I...
Jun 21, 2019

Montreal street to be renamed Atateken after Amherst's fall from grace
MONTREAL - A Montreal street named after the British general Jeffery Amherst is being renamed Atateken Street in honour of the local Indigenous population. Mayor Valerie Plante, Ghislain Pic...
Jun 21, 2019

Analysis: Trudeau-Trump Washington meeting helps end Canada's global loneliness
WASHINGTON - Canada suddenly became a little less lonely in the world after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's meeting in Washington with President Donald Trump this week. Trudeau and Trump found a new s...
Jun 21, 2019

In the news today, June 19
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, June 19 --- FIRST NATION PLANS LEGAL CHALLENGE OF PIPELINE EXPANSION A British Columbia First Nation is promising a legal challenge of ...
Jun 21, 2019

In the news today, June 21
Four stories in the news for Friday, June 21 --- SENATE PASSES TWO CONTROVERSIAL ENVIRONMENTAL BILLS A pair of controversial environmental bills scaled their final hurdle in the Se...
Jun 21, 2019

Family doctor tells B.C. inquest teens have right to privacy about their health
VICTORIA - The family doctor who delivered Elliot Eurchuk as a baby and saw him as a patient until 18 months before his death told a British Columbia's coroner's inquest that teens have the right...
Jun 20, 2019

B.C. imposes interim moratorium on resource development to protect caribou
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government plans to sign a caribou protection strategy while it imposes an interim moratorium on new resource development in areas where the animals are stru...
Jun 20, 2019

Monument to Canada's war in Afghanistan gets a home after years of bickering
OTTAWA - A site has been officially approved for the federal government's promised national monument for the war in Afghanistan, five years after the memorial was first promised. The decision by the N...
Jun 20, 2019

Alberta couple charged in meningitis death asks trial judge to dismiss charges
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An Alberta couple charged in the meningitis death of their toddler wants a judge to dismiss the case against them. David and Collet Stephan are on trial for a second tim...
Jun 20, 2019