Category Archives: Canada
Conservatives didn't properly investigate allegations against Dykstra: report
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada is adding more detailed police checks to its vetting of candidates and creating a specific policy for handling complaints made against MPs and candidates. The...
May 03, 2019
Amid backlash, Nova Scotia tells schools athletics authority to reinstate rugby
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has told the province’s schools athletics authority to reinstate high school rugby, after it was abruptly cancelled across the province without warning over ...
May 03, 2019
Baloney Meter: is climate change increasing the cost of insurance in Canada?
OTTAWA - “We can see that climate change is causing an increase to the cost of insurance in this country.” - Karen McCrimmon, parliamentary secretary to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodal...
May 03, 2019
Ontario First Nation where 5 died in blaze says it has no way of fighting fires
A northern Ontario First Nation where a mother and four of her children died in a house fire this week has no effective means or equipment to fight fires, a spokesman said Friday as the community grap...
May 03, 2019
In the news today, May 3
Five stories in the news for Friday, May 3 --- NO PMO INPUT IN SNC ELECTIONS DEAL: WATCHDOG The watchdog who enforces Canada’s election laws says no one from the Prime Minister’s Office tr...
May 03, 2019
Federal carbon tax ruled constitutional; Ottawa pressures premiers to get on board
REGINA - The federal government used a favourable court decision on its carbon tax Friday to put pressure on premiers who don’t like it to stop fighting it. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal rule...
May 03, 2019
Leaders' election debates need to be more accessible, more civil, commission told
OTTAWA - Televised leaders’ debates during the coming federal election campaign ought to be more accessible, more civil and more educational for voters trying to make an informed choice. That wa...
May 03, 2019
Senate committee votes to strengthen federal accessibility law
A Senate committee proposed changes to Canada’s first federal accessibility law Thursday that members of the disability community said addressed some of the most pressing concerns about the legi...
May 02, 2019
Police killed both man and woman in B.C. hostage-taking in March: investigators
SURREY, B.C. - A man and a female hostage died of gunshots fired by police after officers entered a home following an overnight standoff in March, says British Columbia’s police watchdog. The In...
May 02, 2019
Psychiatrist on what doctors to consider when advising patients during Ramadan
VANCOUVER - A Canadian psychiatrist is advising doctors to help address the needs of mentally ill Muslim patients whose medication regimen could be affected by fasting during the upcoming religious ob...
May 02, 2019