Category Archives: Canada

Eyes on police after Trudeau orders blockades torn down, injunctions enforced
All eyes are on Canadian police forces now that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said barricades on rail lines and other major transportation routes must come down. A Wet'suwet'en hereditary chi...
Feb 22, 2020

Canada hosts Lima Group, appeals for world's help on Venezuela crisis
GATINEAU, Que. - Canada and its Western Hemisphere allies ended their latest summit on Thursday by calling on the rest of the democratic world to join them in inspiring downtrodden Venezuela...
Feb 22, 2020

Baloney Meter: Rail blockades and government authority over the police
OTTAWA - "The RCMP Act is clear: the minister of public safety has the ultimate authority over Canada's national police force, and has the power to direct the RCMP to enforce the law. ... So do the ri...
Feb 22, 2020

Protests put pressure on Trudeau and B.C.'s sweet tax; In The News for Feb. 20
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 Feb. 20 ... What...
Feb 22, 2020

Supreme Court of Canada to hear federal appeal in Via Rail terror case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will review a lower-court decision to grant a new trial to two men accused of plotting to crash a Via Rail train. Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier were found ...
Feb 22, 2020

Feds hope to meet with Wet'suwet'en chiefs and negotiate end to blockades
OTTAWA - Traditional chiefs from British Columbia at the heart of the Coastal GasLink pipeline protest are now in eastern Ontario, where federal cabinet ministers hope their proximity to the capital m...
Feb 22, 2020

Canadians released from coronavirus-ridden cruise ship in Japan fly home
OTTAWA - A sixth presumptive case of COVID-19 has been diagnosed in British Columbia after a woman in her 30s returned to the province from Iran, bringing the total number of cases in Canada...
Feb 22, 2020

Top judge says judiciary must decide what training judges need
OTTAWA - Canada's top judge says the judiciary must be free to decide what training and education judges need to do their jobs well. Richard Wagner, chief justice of the Supreme Court, ...
Feb 21, 2020

B.C.'s soda drink tax will help kids lose weight, improve health, says doctor
VICTORIA - Children's health in British Columbia will benefit from the provincial government's decision to tax sugary soda drinks, says the chairman of the Childhood Obesity Foundation. Dr. Tom W...
Feb 21, 2020

Two dead, others seriously injured in massive pileup south of Montreal: police
MONTREAL - Two people are confirmed dead in a crash that involved about 200 vehicles on Highway 15 in La Prairie south of Montreal, provincial police say. The confirmation came from the Sret du Qubec,...
Feb 21, 2020