Category Archives: Canada
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
Voters reject Quebec City-area Muslim cemetery project 19 to 16
SAINT-APOLLINAIRE, Que. - It was by the slimmest of margins that a plan to establish the Quebec City area’s first Muslim-owned and run cemetery was defeated in a referendum Sunday by a vote of 1...
Jul 16, 2017
Frequent failure of guards to obey use-of-force videotaping rules 'alarming':ombudsman
TORONTO - Federal prison guards are failing to comply with rules around videotaping their use of force against inmates in a majority of cases, according to data obtained by The Canadian Press. In the ...
Jul 16, 2017
Franklin exhibition in London features items from shipwreck, Inuit artifacts
When the Canadian Museum of History began planning a new exhibition on the Franklin expedition now showing in the United Kingdom, neither of the voyage’s two doomed ships had been found. But aft...
Jul 16, 2017
NAFTA, trade, cannabis on agenda as premiers meet in Edmonton this week
EDMONTON - Cross-border trade and the looming renegotiation of NAFTA top the agenda of the upcoming summer gathering of Canada’s premiers, says host Rachel Notley. Notley says the premiers will ...
Jul 16, 2017
Motivating private sector to hire military veterans still a struggle
CALGARY - A group that helps military veterans find jobs in the private sector says many former soldiers are struggling to find meaningful employment after serving their country. “There isn̵...
Jul 16, 2017
It's show time: Trump to reveal his hopes for NAFTA
WASHINGTON - After campaigning and complaining about NAFTA for two years, Donald Trump is about to start doing some explaining: the U.S. president is poised to release a list as early as today reveali...
Jul 16, 2017
Highlights of Vancouver drug-user group's accomplishments over 20 years
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, or VANDU, is a 3,000-member advocacy group celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. Here’s a list of highlights: - 1997: Drug users led ...
Jul 16, 2017
Vancouver drug users' group once considered militant have led prevention policy
VANCOUVER - A copy of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms graces a wall around the corner from where a woman lies on the floor as a needle full of heroin is injected into her neck. She rises q...
Jul 16, 2017
Ontario ticket claims Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - A ticket sold in Ontario claimed Saturday night’s $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot. The guaranteed $1 million prize also went to an Ontario ticket holder. The jackpot for the next Lotto 64...
Jul 16, 2017