Category Archives: Canada
Julie Payette says reports of Rideau Hall turbulence greatly exaggerated
OTTAWA - Governor General Julie Payette says she was surprised by media reports last fall saying she was at loggerheads with Rideau Hall staff and might even quit before the end of her term. The forme...
Dec 17, 2018
Four sailors stuck on disabled boat off Nova Scotia rescued by helicopter
HALIFAX - Officials say four people aboard a stranded, storm-battered sailboat off Nova Scotia have been rescued. Joint Task Force Atlantic tweeted Monday night that the four crew members were hoisted...
Dec 17, 2018
CP Exclusive: Consultations show support for repealed Ontario sex-ed curriculum
TORONTO - An overwhelming majority of those who weighed in on Ontario’s sex education on the first day of public consultations opposed Premier Doug Ford’s repeal of a modernized curriculum...
Dec 17, 2018
Protesters boo Quebec, free trade at Calgary rally supporting oil industry
CALGARY - Angry protesters demanding that Canada build new pipelines interrupted speeches by Calgary’s mayor and councillors at a downtown rally on Monday. City council had passed a resolution d...
Dec 17, 2018
Freeland says corners could not be cut with U.S. arrest request of Huawei exec
OTTAWA - Cutting corners to avoid arresting a Chinese executive at the request of the Americans simply was not an option to keep Canada out of a difficult political situation, Foreign Affairs Minister...
Dec 17, 2018
Feds endangering rights of accused spy for China, lawyer tells Supreme Court
OTTAWA - Federal foot-dragging over secrecy is risking the right to timely justice for a man accused of trying to spy for China on Canadian shipbuilding plans, his lawyer charges. In a letter filed wi...
Dec 17, 2018
I didn't question Muskrat Falls cost estimates, former premier tells inquiry
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The premier who sanctioned the controversial Muskrat Falls hydro megaproject in Newfoundland and Labrador says she had no inkling how excessively over-budget it would become. ...
Dec 17, 2018
Ottawa wins reprieve for solitary confinement law; now valid until April 30
TORONTO - The federal government eked out a four-month reprieve for its solitary confinement law on Monday despite criticism from Ontario’s top court about Ottawa’s failure to address conc...
Dec 17, 2018
Garbage Truck Santa's decorated rig rolls for 27th year in Whitehorse
WHITEHORSE - A familiar, if somewhat unconventional, holiday event resumes for its 27th season in Whitehorse but the man who’s better known as Garbage Truck Santa worries he’s celebrating ...
Dec 17, 2018
Diverging accounts at trial for accused in deaths of Calgary mother, daughter
CALGARY - Jurors are being asked to believe diverging accounts of what a Calgary man was doing on July 11, 2016, when a single mother was found dead in her apartment bound in duct tape and her young d...
Dec 17, 2018