Category Archives: Canada

Federal natural-disaster bills now average more than $430 million a year
Ottawa's bills for dealing with natural disasters neared half a billion dollars in two of the last three years amid a warning to Canadians that this country was one of the worst affected by climate ch...
Jan 08, 2020

Poems by man who killed Indigenous woman removed from parliamentary website
OTTAWA - Two poems written by a man who killed an Indigenous woman have been removed from the parliamentary poet laureate website. The poems by Stephen Brown included one about a sex wo...
Jan 08, 2020

Air Canada to adjust routes in response to restrictions in Persian Gulf region
TORONTO - Transport Canada says that Air Canada has complied with U.S.-led restrictions on commercial airlines operating in the Persian Gulf region, though neither the government nor the airline ...
Jan 08, 2020

In addressing Middle East tensions, Trump calls for end to Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is calling on five of the world's most powerful nations to follow his lead and abandon their controversial 2015 agreement aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions....
Jan 08, 2020

Canadians hunker down as NATO, U.S. offer contradictory messages on Iraq
Hundreds of Canadian soldiers were hunkered down on military bases in Iraq on Monday, their missions suspended due to security concerns, as the U.S. and NATO offered contradictory messages about ...
Jan 08, 2020

63 Canadians killed in plane crash near Tehran, Ukrainian official says
SHAHEDSHAHR, Iran - Dozens of Canadians were among the 176 people killed in a plane crash just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital's main airport, Ukraine's minister of foreign affairs s...
Jan 08, 2020

Trudeau pledges Canadian support to investigation of Iran plane crash
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will work with its international partners to thoroughly investigate the cause of the plane crash in Iran that killed 63 Canadians. Tru...
Jan 08, 2020

Survey finds persistent Canadian respect for U.S., wide disdain for Trump
WASHINGTON - Canadian attitudes towards President Donald Trump and his controversial approach to international relations appeared to soften slightly in the weeks after U.S. tariffs on steel and alumin...
Jan 08, 2020

NewsAlert:One dead, three injured in shooting in central Ottawa: Police
Ottawa police say one person was killed and three seriously injured in a shooting in a central part of the city. Acting Insp. Francois D'Aoust says police believe the shooting was targeted a...
Jan 08, 2020

Safety board has options for investigation of runway overshoot in Halifax
HALIFAX - Three investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada are trying to determine why a passenger jet skidded off the end of a runway at the Halifax Stanfield In...
Jan 08, 2020