Category Archives: Canada

At least 20 people donated max to both Liberals and Conservatives in 2018
OTTAWA - The chairman of the board of Bombardier, a scion of the Rotman family, the chairman of a major power company - these prominent Canadians all gave as much money as they're allowed, or close to...
Jul 31, 2019

U.S. House breaks with no new NAFTA tabled for ratification. Now what?
OTTAWA - Canadians will likely enter a fall election with the new North American free trade deal hanging in the balance, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he's not ...
Jul 31, 2019

'The manhunt is on here:' Manitoba chief talks about search for murder suspects
YORK LANDING, Man. - Doors were locked, roads were empty and people were on edge, said a chief in northeastern Manitoba as armed police officers searched the area for two susp...
Jul 31, 2019

Man in custody after police find four bodies inside Markham, Ont., home
MARKHAM, Ont. - A man is in custody after police found four bodies inside a home north of Toronto on Sunday afternoon, officers announced as they combed the house for evidence and reassured neighbours...
Jul 30, 2019

'Fearsome-looking animal' discovered at Burgess Shale in B.C. national park
Researchers at the Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto have uncovered fossils of a large predatory species in 506 million-year-old rocks in the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia. The spe...
Jul 30, 2019

B.C. murder suspect's father reveals details of troubled life in book
VANCOUVER - The father of a British Columbia murder suspect has written a book that sheds new light on his mental health, explains harassment convictions involving his ex-wife and provides greater ins...
Jul 30, 2019

New York officials tour Quebec Indigenous communities ahead of possible hydro deal
MONTREAL - Officials from New York City have been visiting Quebec's north to learn more about the impact a possible hydro power deal with the provincial utility would have on Indigenous communiti...
Jul 30, 2019

Quebec environmental activists adopt civil disobedience to get climate action
MONTREAL - Environmental activists in Quebec are turning towards civil disobedience as a way of pressuring politicians to do more to fight climate change. They are part of a global movement of activis...
Jul 30, 2019

No decision on Huawei and 5G before fall federal election call: Goodale
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says Canadians will have to wait until after this fall's federal election to find out whether Chinese tech giant Huawei can provide equipment for the coun...
Jul 30, 2019

Calgary police clear border service officers in Nigerian deportee's death
Calgary police say Canada Border Services Agency officers are not to blame for the death of a Nigerian man during his deportation last year. The passenger on a Calgary-Amsterdam flight ...
Jul 30, 2019