Category Archives: Canada

Man rejected from babysitting jobs files human rights complaints against parents
EDMONTON - A legal group wants complaints from a man who says parents discriminated against him when they didn't hire him as a babysitter thrown out. The Justice Centre for Co...
Aug 31, 2019

Scheer says Liberals deflecting from scandals with abortion, same-sex marriage
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer sought Thursday to put a pin in the question of whether his party would reopen debates on abortion or same-sex marriage, blaming the Liberals for t...
Aug 31, 2019

Two companies pay $450,000 in fines for illegal donations to federal parties
OTTAWA - Two companies have agreed to pay almost $450,000 in fines after admitting they made illegal political donations to both the federal Liberals and Conservatives between 2004 and 2009. Grou...
Aug 31, 2019

Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh nominated in Burnaby South riding
BURNABY, B.C. - NDP leader Jagmeet Singh was nominated Friday night as his party's candidate for the B.C. riding of Burnaby South in the October federal election. Surrounded by family, supporters and ...
Aug 31, 2019

Liberals commit $1.5M to help universities tackle on-campus sexual violence
TORONTO - The Liberal government is committing up to $1.5 million to help colleges and universities get better at dealing with sexual violence on campus. Maryam Monsef, the minister for wome...
Aug 31, 2019

Economy, health care focus of televised Manitoba leaders debate
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister was the main target Wednesday night as the leaders of the province's four main political parties squared off in a 50-minute televise...
Aug 30, 2019

Supreme Court rejects Saskatchewan's request to delay carbon tax appeal
REGINA - Saskatchewan says the Supreme Court of Canada has denied the province's request to delay its appeal hearing over the carbon tax. The province says the Supreme Court recently issued an or...
Aug 30, 2019

Liberals drop candidate in Montreal riding over comments described as anti-Semitic
OTTAWA - The Liberal Party of Canada has dropped a Montreal-area candidate over past statements he made that were described as anti-Semitic by a Jewish advocacy group. Hassan Guillet will no...
Aug 30, 2019

Freeland says she brought up case of imprisoned Canadian, with Cuban foreign minister
MONTREAL - Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday she raised the case of Benjamin Tomlin, a Canadian citizen imprisoned in Cuba, during a meeting with her Cuban counterpart ea...
Aug 30, 2019

Dennis Fentie, former Yukon premier, dies at the age of 68
WHITEHORSE - Dennis Fentie, who served as Yukon premier for nine years, died Friday at the age of 68. Fentie served as the territory's seventh premier from 2002 to 2011 as leader o...
Aug 30, 2019