Category Archives: Canada

Two Canadians aboard a cruise ship off Japan test positive for new coronavirus
Two Canadians on a cruise ship that has been quarantined off the coast of Japan have tested positive for the new coronavirus. "Princess Cruises can confirm that we have been notified that amongst...
Feb 05, 2020

Former Liberal MP Peschisolido 'chronically' broke code of conduct: commissioner
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog says former Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido repeatedly broke the code of conduct for members of Parliament. Ethics commissioner Mario Dion says in a report that Peschi...
Feb 05, 2020

'The chill is real,' Canada's ambassador to China says of fraught relationship
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to China says there is a chill in relations between the two countries since the People's Republic imprisoned two Canadians, but his top priority is winning their release a...
Feb 05, 2020

Bloc Quebecois MP among new faces on national security committee
OTTAWA - The new crop of parliamentarians overseeing the security-and-intelligence community includes the first Bloc Quebecois MP to sit on the committee. The Prime Minister's Office says Bloc MP Chri...
Feb 05, 2020

Ripple effect on Canadian immigration likely from Trump's new visa restrictions
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to slap visa restrictions on six new countries could affect immigration flows to Canada, if history is any indication, as those caught up in the changes...
Feb 05, 2020

Shipping crude oil through Manitoba has been floated, rejected before
WINNIPEG - There's renewed talk of transporting western oil through the northern Manitoba port in Churchill, but any such project is likely to run into opposition from environmentalists and some ...
Feb 05, 2020

Doctor who examined Lionel Desmond tells fatality inquiry what he saw
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A Nova Scotia doctor who saw Lionel Desmond two days before he killed his family and took his own life told a fatality inquiry Monday the mentall...
Feb 05, 2020

Ottawa spent at least $8 million on First Nations child welfare case: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Ottawa has spent more than $8 million in legal fees in the ongoing human rights case over First Nations child welfare. Cindy Blackstock, executive director of th...
Feb 05, 2020

Convictions of executives upheld in historic Nova Scotia fraud case
HALIFAX - Two executives once referred to by a judge as the mastermind and enforcer of a multimillion-dollar stock market scheme were jailed this week as Nova Scotia's highest court upheld their ...
Feb 05, 2020

Q&A: Why it is taking so long to rescue Canadians from Wuhan
OTTAWA - With hundreds of foreign nationals flown out of Wuhan, China, over the last week by their home countries, politicians and people across the country have wondered why Canad...
Feb 05, 2020