Category Archives: Canada

Canada 'very encouraged' by progress on US-Mexican NAFTA talks: Freeland
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she’s “very encouraged” by signals from Washington that the United States and Mexico are close to figuring out their bilatera...
Aug 22, 2018

Bernier should decide if he wants Trudeau to win next election, Rempel says
OTTAWA - In an attempt to set the narrative for this week’s policy convention in Halifax, Andrew Scheer’s Conservative team laid out its policy agenda for “fair, orderly and compassi...
Aug 22, 2018

Infrastructure agency hands $1.28 billion loan to Montreal rail project
OTTAWA - A nascent federal agency designed to find new ways to finance construction of transit systems is making its first investment in a multibillion-dollar electric rail system in Montreal. The Can...
Aug 22, 2018

Parks Canada moves second bison bull that wandered out of Banff National Park
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada says a second bison bull that wandered out of Banff National Park has been captured and relocated to a paddock in southern Alberta, unlike the first that had to be destroye...
Aug 22, 2018

Convicted Canadian spy who sold secrets to Russia granted day parole
DORCHESTER, N.B. - A former Canadian naval intelligence officer convicted of spying for Russia has been granted day parole and could be living in a halfway house this fall, the Parole Board of Canada ...
Aug 22, 2018

B.C. works to safeguard livestock during another tough wildfire season
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s agriculture minister says critical lessons learned from last year’s wildfires that had ranchers and producers suffering devastating losses will help save anim...
Aug 22, 2018

Nova Scotia man fighting perception he is sex offender who has the same name
TRURO, N.S. - A Nova Scotia contractor who shares the exact name of a recently released sexual predator says it has created a case of mistaken identity that is costing him business. In an interview We...
Aug 22, 2018

Ontario cities face tight timelines for 'opting out' of hosting cannabis shops
OTTAWA - With just weeks before legalization of cannabis for recreational use takes effect across Canada, municipalities are raising concerns over how pot sales will be regulated and who will foot the...
Aug 22, 2018

One dead, one injured in Kitchener, Ont., house explosion: police
KITCHENER, Ont. - A woman was killed and a man was airlifted to hospital after an explosion destroyed a home and started a fire in Kitchener, Ont., early Wednesday, authorities said as they worked to ...
Aug 22, 2018

'It's the right time:' Humboldt Broncos president steps down from executive
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - The man who became the public face of the Humboldt Broncos in the days after the Saskatchewan junior hockey team’s bus crashed in April has stepped down as president of the org...
Aug 22, 2018