Category Archives: Canada
Women turned away from underfunded shelters: new national report
OTTAWA - Women who are victims of violence are being turned away from shelters across Canada due to a chronic lack of resources and funding, according to two new national studies, including one by the...
May 01, 2019
American researcher offers theory on Trudeau's 'bad' French: It's not
MONTREAL - Quebec’s media elites are unfairly criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s spoken French because they see him as an outsider pretending to be a real Quebecois, an American a...
May 01, 2019
Morneau insists LNG export terminal shows Canada can deliver big projects
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says a $40-billion operation to eventually ship liquefied natural gas to Asia from Canada’s west coast shows the country can still get major projects done,...
May 01, 2019
Rising waters add urgency to disaster planning: 'Been through so much'
OTTAWA - Flood waters were still rising around Ottawa Wednesday, even as officials talked of planning for a future of similar disasters - and Canada’s need to prevent, prepare and adapt. “...
May 01, 2019
New Brunswick begins talks with Ottawa on funds for flood relief and mitigation
FREDERICTON - The premier of New Brunswick says discussions are underway with the federal government to provide financial relief to homeowners affected by this year’s spring flood. Blaine Higgs ...
May 01, 2019
Quebec festival cancels greased pig race that has drawn ire of animal activists
MONTREAL - A small-town Quebec festival has cancelled a controversial race that featured participants trying to grab greased pigs. Animal rights groups including the SPCA have long denounced the event...
May 01, 2019
Health Canada sets plain-packaging rules for tobacco, to take effect in November
OTTAWA - Canadian cigarette packs will have to be plain drab brown with standardized layouts and lettering under new rules that kick in next Nov. 9, Health Canada says. Officials said plain packages w...
May 01, 2019
B.C. takes Alberta to court on law that could see gasoline exports cut
EDMONTON - British Columbia’s premier fought battles over the Trans Mountain pipeline on two fronts Wednesday, going to court against Alberta’s premier, who wants the line expanded, while ...
May 01, 2019
Trudeau taps veteran to run Liberal re-election campaign, loses star recruit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a bid Wednesday to mobilize old-guard Liberals in the coming federal election campaign even as he lost another of his star rookie recruits from the last cam...
May 01, 2019
Liberal MP, retired general, Andrew Leslie says he won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - A first-time Liberal MP and longtime military man says he won’t run for re-election this fall. Retired lieutenant-general Andrew Leslie says in an open letter today that after careful c...
May 01, 2019