Category Archives: Canada
Couillard wants to talk about his constitutional document with other premiers
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard has contacted several of his counterparts to discuss his constitutional initiative and says he wants to raise the topic at the Council of the Federation meeting in Ed...
Jul 16, 2017
A by-the-numbers look at extended EI benefits to hard-hit economic regions
OTTAWA - Last year’s federal budget unveiled a program to help eligible workers in 12 regions of the country hard hit by a downturn in commodity prices. Three regions were added in May. Here is ...
Jul 16, 2017
Extended EI benefits surpass budget expectations as program closes doors
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are looking for answers after the government’s program to help workers in hard-hit economic regions of the country blew past budget expectations, with spending now ...
Jul 16, 2017
Look in the mirror and what do you see? Not enough diversity, says report
OTTAWA - The portrayal of Canada’s diversity on television has improved over the last decade, but there’s still a lack of programming representing people with disabilities and the Indigeno...
Jul 16, 2017
Canadian debate over burning tires versus recycling reignites with N.S. proposal
BROOKFIELD, N.S. - Lydia Sorflaten flips through decade-old clippings showing how she and her neighbours stopped a nearby cement plant from burning tires at a kiln 500 metres from their tranquil Nova ...
Jul 16, 2017
Missing scuba diver found in mud at bottom of northern Alberta lake
ATHABASCA, Alta. - The body of a missing scuba diver has been found partially embedded in the mud at the bottom of a northern Alberta lake. RCMP Staff Sgt. Jeremie Landry says commercial divers were w...
Jul 16, 2017
Military's sexual misconduct call centre to go 24/7 despite staffing struggles
OTTAWA - The military’s sexual misconduct response centre is poised to make the long-awaited jump to round-the-clock service, despite what its new director admits have been struggles finding and...
Jul 16, 2017
'I've laid awake': Residents demand review as fears grow over Muskrat Falls dam
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A nagging dread is keeping Craig Chaulk up at night. He lives downstream from the $12.7-billion Muskrat Falls hydroelectric development in Labrador. He’s among many resi...
Jul 16, 2017
Canadian debate over burning tires versus recycling reignites with N.S. proposal
BROOKFIELD, N.S. - Lydia Sorflaten flips through decade-old clippings showing how she and her neighbours stopped a nearby cement plant from burning tires at a kiln 500 metres from their tranquil Nova ...
Jul 16, 2017
Aging farmers, lack of succession plans put future of family farms at risk
Bryan Maynard says his grandfather, a Prince Edward Island potato farmer, didn’t start talking about retirement until he was 80 years old and had been diagnosed with dementia. At that point, wit...
Jul 16, 2017