Category Archives: Canada

Poll suggests Americans split over decision to impeach Trump as Senate trial begins
WASHINGTON - When it comes to impeaching Donald Trump, a new poll suggests Americans are just as divided as the United States Senate. The online Lger poll, conducted last month for the Association for...
Feb 09, 2021

Top federal public servant will take time off for cancer treatment
OTTAWA - The top federal public servant will be taking some time out for cancer treatment. Ian Shugart, clerk of the Privy Council, sent a message Monday to his colleagues announcing that he received ...
Feb 08, 2021

Final Senate vote on assisted dying bill set for Feb. 17, days before court deadline
OTTAWA - Senators have agreed to put a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying to a final vote by Feb. 17. That would leave just over a week for the House of Commons to deal with any amen...
Feb 08, 2021

B.C. nurses finishing training to prescribe medication to battle addiction
VANCOUVER - Thirty registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses in British Columbia are expected to complete their training this month to prescribe medication to those battling addiction to opi...
Feb 08, 2021

Man facing arson charge after fire at Canada Revenue Agency headquarters
OTTAWA - A 33-year-old Ottawa man was scheduled to appear in court Monday after being arrested and charged with arson in connection with what police say was a fire at the Canada Revenue Agency's headq...
Feb 08, 2021

Quebec man facing weapons charges after RCMP find weapons, homemade bombs
QUEBEC - A Quebec man is facing weapons charges after RCMP officers found about 10 homemade bombs as well as firearms, ammunition and weapons at his home. RCMP say in a news release that 47-year-old K...
Feb 08, 2021

Abusers from Mount Cashel Orphanage allegedly victimized boys in B.C., lawsuit says
VANCOUVER - A lawsuit alleges that a Catholic congregation shuffled abusive teachers from a notorious orphanage in Newfoundland and Labrador to two schools in the Vancouver area where more boys were v...
Feb 08, 2021

Food, supply flights grounded, operations halted as protest continues at Nunavut mine
Flights have been grounded and most operations suspended at an open-pit iron ore mine on Nunavut's Baffin Island as protesters continue to block the site's supply road and air strip. Hunters from Arct...
Feb 08, 2021

Federal government to release plan for sustainable development of ocean economy
OTTAWA - Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says Canada can get more out of its marine resources through a strategy that also protects ocean health. The federal government is beginning consultations...
Feb 08, 2021

Acadian group in N.B. praises life of Jackie Vautour, who resisted expropriation
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Acadian Society is paying tribute to Jackie Vautour as a symbol of the francophone minority's resistance to unjust expropriation of their lands. The 92-year-old Vautour d...
Feb 08, 2021