Category Archives: Canada

No mechanical defects on train that derailed in Saskatchewan: report
The Transportation Safety Board says its investigators have not found any mechanical defects on a train that derailed and spilled oil in rural Saskatchewan.The Canadian Pacific Railway freight train j...
Feb 14, 2020

Ex-Hasidic woman tells Quebec trial she was removed from secular studies at age 13
MONTREAL - An ex-Hasidic Jewish woman who is seeking a judgment against the Quebec government for allegedly denying her a proper education told a Montreal trial she was&n...
Feb 14, 2020

Eastern Ontario rail blockade still in place as provincial police keep watch
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. - A handful of protesters continue to maintain a blockade along a key stretch of railway in eastern Ontario as provincial police face mounting political pressure to r...
Feb 14, 2020

Trudeau tells U.S. lawmakers he's confident USMCA bill will pass Commons
MUNICH - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is telling U.S. lawmakers that he's confident his Liberal government will "have the votes" for the House of Commons to ratify the new North American trade deal i...
Feb 14, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural-gas pipeline project in British Columbia: --- Victoria police said four people reported assaults during protests at the B.C. legis...
Feb 14, 2020

Toronto lawyer Leslyn Lewis becomes official candidate for Conservative leader
OTTAWA - Toronto lawyer Leslyn Lewis has become the first woman approved to run for the federal Conservative party leadership, saying she wants the job to bring courage and compassion back to pol...
Feb 14, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural-gas pipeline project in British Columbia: A spokesman for Canadian National confirms a rail blockade that has halted train traff...
Feb 14, 2020

Canada to host Lima Group ministers meeting on Venezuela crisis next week
OTTAWA - Canada is calling a meeting of its Lima Group partners next week to try to build new momentum in their effort to bring democracy to Venezuela. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champ...
Feb 14, 2020

Friends, targets salute Christie Blatchford's 'insightful,' 'unrelenting' career
TORONTO - Veteran court reporter, celebrated author and biting newspaper columnist Christie Blatchford, whose vivid prose championed cops, kids and soldiers while challenging corruption and hashtag so...
Feb 14, 2020

Canadian officials helping in Japan after 12 Canadians contract virus on ship
MUNICH - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canadian health workers are assisting in Japan after 12 Canadians contracted the novel coronavirus while on a cruise ship. ...
Feb 14, 2020