Category Archives: Canada
Buying an electric car becomes cheaper as federal rebates kick in
OTTAWA - Federal rebates to encourage Canadians to buy electric cars took effect Wednesday, shaving as much as $5,000 off the purchase prices of electric cars. The rebates were announced in the last L...
May 01, 2019
A look at Alberta's new cabinet members
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and his cabinet were sworn in Tuesday to form the first United Conservative government in the province. Here’s a look at who they are: Jason Kenney (Premi...
Apr 30, 2019
Military on defensive after soldiers wrongly given guns for Sikh parade
OTTAWA - The Canadian military is scrambling to explain why a group of soldiers was issued weapons to march in a Toronto parade on Sunday for Canada’s Sikh community. Photos and videos of the ev...
Apr 30, 2019
Saskatchewan Appeal Court to rule on whether carbon tax constitutional
REGINA - Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal is to release its ruling this week on whether the federally imposed carbon tax is constitutional. A registrar for the court says the decision is to be pos...
Apr 30, 2019
Cat freed from Edmonton sinkhole, other feline believed to have escaped
EDMONTON - A homeowner who has been on watch since discovering two cats trapped in a sinkhole on her property says at least one is free after 12 days. Rebecca Hung of Edmonton says a grey cat was enti...
Apr 30, 2019
Milly, Makwa and Moose: Kids choose names for puppies at RCMP training centre
INNISFAIL, Alta. - Thirteen canine recruits at the RCMP’s police dog training centre in central Alberta are getting names chosen by kids from across the country. Mounties say their annual name-t...
Apr 30, 2019
Former minor hockey player charged in British Columbia child-grabbing incident
KELOWNA, B.C. - A former minor-league hockey player has been charged after a child-grabbing incident in downtown Kelowna, B.C., on Sunday. Thirty-year-old Harold Giffen Nyren of Calgary appeared in a ...
Apr 30, 2019
Critics of Canadian health system discover a potent tool: social media
HALIFAX - Unfiltered and emotional social media postings are emerging as a potent tool for critics of Canada’s health system, though some observers are dubious they’ll prompt lasting chang...
Apr 30, 2019
Senate committee recommends Beyak suspension over letters on Indigenous Peoples
OTTAWA - The Senate’s ethics committee recommended Tuesday that Sen. Lynn Beyak be suspended without pay over incendiary letters about Indigenous Peoples she posted to her website. The committee...
Apr 30, 2019
Canada's airlines want longer runway for security-screening overhaul
OTTAWA - The federal plan to revamp Canada’s air-security screening system is running into headwinds from major airlines, which are urging the government to take things slow to get the changes r...
Apr 30, 2019