Category Archives: Canada

N.S. Tories say justice minister in conflict of interest in mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Tory leader says the province's attorney general is in conflict of interest when it comes to setting terms of reference for the public inquiry into the April mass shooting...
Sep 09, 2020

Derek Sloan says no regrets over failed bid for Conservative leadership
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Derek Sloan, who finished last in the party's recent leadership race, says he has no regrets about his campaign. Sloan says he supports the winner of the race, Erin O'Toole, a...
Sep 09, 2020

Legault, Ford call on Ottawa to increase health transfers to provinces
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The premiers of Ontario and Quebec are calling on Ottawa to increase health transfers to the provinces, saying sustainable, long-term funding is required on top of the fe...
Sep 09, 2020

Second bid for freedom proves fatal for ball python near Victoria
SAANICH, B.C. - A python that twice escaped from its owner in the Victoria area has not survived its second bid for freedom. Saanich police say the snake, which was nearly 1.5 metres long,&n...
Sep 09, 2020

Statistics Canada rejigs low-income stats, showing growing poverty gap
OTTAWA - An updated picture of poverty across the country prior to the COVID-19 pandemic is showing that those living well below the low-income threshold had fallen further behind. The figures fr...
Sep 09, 2020

LGBTQ Canadians more likely to experience assault than heterosexuals: survey
A Statistics Canada study says gay, lesbian, bisexual and other sexual minority people are nearly three times more likely than heterosexuals to experience sexual or physical assaul...
Sep 09, 2020

Trudeau announces cash for loans, support to Black Canadian entrepreneurs
OTTAWA - The federal government is creating a new national program to help Black Canadians get business loans with national banks. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the COVID-19 pandemic has dispropo...
Sep 09, 2020

Biden visits manufacturing heartland to curry favour with blue-collar voters
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden is in America's manufacturing heartland today to hammer home how he would keep blue-collar jobs and investment on U.S. soil. The Democratic party's presidential nomine...
Sep 09, 2020

Removing statues over racism and disturbing wildlife: In The News for Sept. 9
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 9 ... What...
Sep 09, 2020

New Brunswick party leaders to face off in second debates as election nears
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's political party leaders are preparing today for the second set of televised election debates. The English and French debates will air this evening on CBC and Radio-Canada...
Sep 09, 2020