Category Archives: Canada
Justin Trudeau credits immigration for Canada’s growing tech sector
TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told hundreds of attendees at a conference in Toronto on Monday that Canada's thriving technology sector is a result of the country's openne...
May 20, 2019
Family of pilot killed in Honduras trying to "piece together" the tragedy
TRUJILLO, Honduras - A 32-year-old British Columbia pilot who was killed in a plane crash in Honduras on Saturday is being described by his father as a spontaneous person who was a happy chi...
May 20, 2019
Growing wildfire prompts evacuation of High Level, Alta.
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Approximately 4,000 residents of a northern Alberta town are being told to leave due to the threat of an encroaching wildfire. People are being told to leave High Level on Highway ...
May 20, 2019
Focus on traumatized boys critical to gender equality, new research shows
TORONTO - Boys in poor urban areas around the world are suffering even more than girls from violence, abuse and neglect, groundbreaking international research published on Monday suggests. The st...
May 20, 2019
Canadian retaliatory tariffs lifted as U.S. kills steel aluminum penalties
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says Canadian tariffs on U.S. bourbon, playing cards and licorice have officially been lifted. The tariffs targeting products to have political impact in the sta...
May 20, 2019
Canada's parole officers say correctional system has reached breaking point
OTTAWA - Canada's parole officers say the country's corrections system is at a breaking point due to workloads that are "insurmountable" - a situation they say poses real risks to publi...
May 20, 2019
More women, few minorities: Docs detail results of Liberal patronage overhaul
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's overhaul of the patronage system has led to gender parity in government appointments, but new figures show few of those women are in leadership posts and visible...
May 20, 2019
Carbon tax, desk-thumping on agenda in upcoming Alberta legislature session
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's government heads to the legislature this week to make noise with an ambitious legislative agenda while trying to keep a hush on daily affairs. ...
May 20, 2019
Diplomat, peacekeeper: Saskatchewan First Nation awaits Poundmaker exoneration
When Milton Tootoosis thinks about the planned exoneration of Chief Poundmaker, he breaks down.A headman and councillor at Poundmaker Cree Nation, about a two-hour drive from Saskatoon, Tootoosis says...
May 20, 2019
Money laundering report a wake-up call for Canada, but some provinces skeptical
VANCOUVER - The authors of a report that found $47 billion was laundered across Canada last year debated whether to include a graph that indicated Alberta, Ontario and the Prairies were hotspots for d...
May 20, 2019