Category Archives: Canada

Ethics watchdog reviews request to investigate Trudeau over Data Sciences payments
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog is reviewing a request to investigate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over payments his MPs offices made to a company owned by his friend. Conservative MP Michael Ba...
Jul 14, 2021

Green party executive launches membership review of its own leader, Annamie Paul
OTTAWA - Green party executives have taken a first step toward suspending Annamie Paul's membership in the party she leads. Three senior party sources say Dana Taylor, interim executive director of th...
Jul 14, 2021

Western Canada heat wave accelerates rate of glacier melt, experts say
VANCOUVER - A sizzling heat wave during the last week of June in Western Canada left little unsinged, including fragile glaciers that are already melting at an accelerated pace, experts say. Dozens of...
Jul 14, 2021

State legislators formally ask Ottawa, White House to reopen Canada-U.S. border
WASHINGTON - A coalition of frustrated legislators from across the U.S. Midwest is formally asking the White House and Canada's federal government to reopen the border to fully vaccinated travellers. ...
Jul 14, 2021

Black Canadians more likely to be hesitant about COVID-19 vaccines, survey suggests
OTTAWA - Black Canadian leaders say governments must do more to help overcome vaccine hesitancy in their communities. Toronto orthopedic surgeon Dr. Ato Sekyi-Otu, leader of the health-care task force...
Jul 14, 2021

Jagmeet Singh says NDP would tackle Canada's deficit through taxing the 'ultra rich'
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh says the New Democrats would tackle the country's multi-billion deficit through the party's long-standing promise to tax extremely wealthy Canadians and corporations. His promis...
Jul 14, 2021

Trudeau to make economic announcement in Quebec's Gaspé region
GASP, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Quebec's Gasp region today to make an economic announcement in the latest in a series of campaign-style stops. The prime minister began his day in Perc...
Jul 14, 2021

Five men now confirmed dead in Kelowna, B.C., crane collapse as body found
KELOWNA, B.C. - The body of a fifth man killed in the collapse of a construction crane in Kelowna, B.C., has been recovered. A statement from the RCMP says the body was found late Tuesday night as mem...
Jul 14, 2021

Montrealers can access the first interactive map to self-report police stops
MONTREAL - An interactive map introduced today allows Montrealers to self-report police interactions the day they happen or from as far back as 20 years ago. The STOPMTL.ca site will collect informati...
Jul 14, 2021

Black Montreal man wrongfully arrested for assault on officer suing for $1.2 million
MONTREAL - A Black Montreal man is seeking more than $1 million in damages after he was wrongfully arrested in connection with an assault on a police officer and detained for six days. Lawyers represe...
Jul 14, 2021