Category Archives: Canada
Water to stay high but second round of floods not expected: Goodale
OTTAWA - Water levels are expected to peak by week’s end in flood zones around the nation’s capital, federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Thursday as he toured neighbourhoods ...
May 02, 2019
Judge awards $20-million damages against website that pirated obituaries
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A $20-million ruling against a website accused of pirating obituaries and photos of dead people in order to profit from grieving families will deter other sites from doing the...
May 02, 2019
Quebec government orders public coroner's inquest into 7-year-old's death
QUEBEC - It’s “revolting” that authorities failed to prevent the death a seven-year-old girl who had a long history with the province’s youth protection system, Premier Francoi...
May 02, 2019
Knockin' on Abe's door: Japanese PM shows off quirky Canadian souvenir
LAKE KAWAGUCHI, Japan - A Quebec wood carver was delighted Thursday to learn Japan’s prime minister was proudly showing off one of his creations - a door-knocker featuring a wood carving of a be...
May 02, 2019
Ahead of Trudeau meeting, Kenney calls environment bill a threat to unity
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and new Alberta Premier Jason Kenney put on polite faces for the cameras at the start of their first official meeting in Ottawa Thursday, but the cordial handsha...
May 02, 2019
In the news today, May 2
Five stories in the news for Thursday, May 2 --- KENNEY, TRUDEAU TO MEET FACE-TO-FACE Jason Kenney will meet face-to-face today with the political foe he attacked relentlessly in his successful bid to...
May 02, 2019
Political antagonists, Alberta's Jason Kenney and PM Trudeau to meet
OTTAWA - Jason Kenney will meet face-to-face today with the political foe he attacked relentlessly in his successful bid to become Alberta’s premier: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The two are t...
May 02, 2019
The ground thaws and swallows: Study says permafrost melting faster than thought
Permafrost in some areas of the Canadian Arctic is melting so fast that it’s gulping up the equipment left there to study it. “The ground thaws and swallows it,” said Merritt Turetsk...
May 02, 2019
New EDC human-rights policy lacks power, say workers and watchdogs
OTTAWA - Export Development Canada is declaring itself a leading defender of human rights, but workers groups and advocates say the Crown agency’s long-awaited new policy falls well short of wha...
May 01, 2019
Ontario's transportation minister raises possibility of higher speed limits
TORONTO - Ontario will look at raising speed limits on provincial highways, with the transportation minister musing that those roads can safely handle traffic at 120 kilometres an hour. Jeff Yurek sai...
May 01, 2019