Category Archives: Canada

Feds pushed to abandon trade talks with Brazil over Amazon deforestation
OTTAWA - The federal government is being urged to halt trade talks with Brazil after another summer of record-breaking fires in the Amazon rainforest. New data from Brazil's own space agency show...
Sep 05, 2020

First of two advance polls today in New Brunswick's provincial election
FREDERICTON - Voters in New Brunswick head to the polls today in the first of two advance polling days for the Sept. 14 provincial election. There are also advance polls on Tuesday, but Elections...
Sep 05, 2020

Quebec government reveals nearly 50 educational institutions struck by COVID-19
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has unveiled a list of nearly 50 educational institutions that have had at least one COVID-19 case in the past week. The schools listed include preschool, element...
Sep 04, 2020

Victoria mural sponsor says anti-police acronym inappropriate, but fuels debate
VICTORIA - The group that sponsored a mural that has been called disrespectful by Victoria's police chief says an anti-police acronym that is part of the work is offensive. The Afr...
Sep 04, 2020

RCMP secrets case likely to be tangled up in court for some time
OTTAWA - Cameron Jay Ortis, a senior RCMP employee accused of divulging secret information, made his latest brief appearance in an Ontario court Friday. All signs suggest his complex case will gr...
Sep 04, 2020

Nova Scotia woman fails to win stay as husband seeks medically assisted death
HALIFAX - An appeal court judge in Nova Scotia has rejected a woman's bid to stop her husband from receiving a medically assisted death, pending an appeal. The woman was seeking a stay ...
Sep 04, 2020

Two passengers fined $1,000 each after refusing to wear masks on WestJet flights
Two airline passengers each face fines of $1,000 for refusing to wear face masks on board a flight, the first time Transport Canada has imposed a financial penalty for violating rules meant to prevent...
Sep 04, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 4
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 2:09 p.m. EDT on Sept. 4, 2020: There are 130,834 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 63,117 confirmed (including 5,767 deaths, 55,724 r...
Sep 04, 2020

Ex-Canadian Forces reservist charged in 'race war' case back in court Jan. 12
WASHINGTON - The lawyer for accused neo-Nazi Patrik Mathews will be back in court Jan. 12 to try to convince a Maryland judge to drop weapons charges against the former Canadian Forces reservist. In a...
Sep 04, 2020

Russia denial of Navalny poisoning taken with grain of salt: Champagne
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada and its G7 allies are taking Russia's denials of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny with a "grain of salt." Champagne tells The C...
Sep 04, 2020