Category Archives: Canada

Some of the MMIWG inquiry's farthest-reaching recommendations
GATINEAU, Que. - The final report of the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls includes more than 200 "calls for justice." A selection of some of the farthest-reac...
Jun 03, 2019

Oil lobby group calls for more timely regulatory regime for pipelines
OTTAWA - The country's largest oil-and-gas lobby group is urging all political parties in the run-up to the federal election to support major pipeline and LNG projects and to create a&n...
Jun 03, 2019

Liberals merge youth employment programs in revamped jobs strategy
OTTAWA - Myriad federal programs aimed at helping young people get footholds in the job market are being merged as part of a revamped youth employment strategy. The changes unveiled tod...
Jun 03, 2019

'Bugger of a fight': Historians question criticism of Canada's Normandy battles
OTTAWA - D-Day: the letter stands for nothing, but the term itself represents a great deal more. It conjures indelible images of landing craft speeding towards the beaches of Normandy. Of ramps l...
Jun 03, 2019

Some facts and figures about the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944
OTTAWA - Some facts and figures about the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944: TARGET: Allies land on French channel coast along five Normandy beaches stretching about 80 kilometres west from R...
Jun 03, 2019

Inquiry on missing, murdered Indigenous women released
GATINEAU, Que. - The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women wants health service providers across Canada to develop programs that could help young people recognize the s...
Jun 02, 2019

A chronology of Canada's participation in the 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy
OTTAWA - A short chronology of Canada's participation in the 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy: May 1943: Allies make final decision to invade. Initial invasion date May 1, 1944, then June 4, 1944. Summ...
Jun 03, 2019

In the news today, June 3
Twelve stories in the news for Monday, June 3 --- CANADA SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AT EMBASSY IN VENEZUELA Canada suspended operations at its embassy in Venezuela on Sunday, saying President ...
Jun 03, 2019

Canada suspends operations at embassy in Venezuela
OTTAWA - Canada suspended operations at its embassy in Venezuela on Sunday, saying President Nicolas Maduro's regime is increasingly clamping down on diplomats who oppose his rule. The diplomats'...
Jun 03, 2019

The War to June 6, 1944: How the decisions surrounding D-Day came about
OTTAWA - THE WAR TO JUNE 6: Allied fortunes had rebounded by 1944 after the massive German conquests of 1940-41. British and American armies had driven the Germans from North Africa and Sicily, forced...
Jun 03, 2019