Category Archives: Canada

Afghanistan memorial at new defence headquarters to open to public Friday
OTTAWA - The memorial for those killed in Canada's mission in Afghanistan at the new Department of Defence headquarters is to open to the public Friday afternoon, the department says. People who ...
Jun 01, 2019

Alberta set to pass law to kill provincial carbon tax, as federal tax looms
EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one. The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home hea...
Jun 01, 2019

Louis Levi Oakes, last of Mohawk code talkers, passes away at 94
AKWESASNE, Que. - A funeral will be held Saturday for the last of the Mohawk code talkers from the Second World War, Louis Levi Oakes, who died peacefully on Tuesday surrounded by family at age 94. Oa...
Jun 01, 2019

Federal procurement minister wishes Irving hadn't threatened reporters
OTTAWA - Canada's federal procurement minister says she wishes the Irving company and its lawyers hadn't threatened to sue reporters asking questions about the company's federal shipbuilding contracts...
Jun 01, 2019

Liberals postpone policy update that could help SNC-Lavalin avoid ban from federal business
OTTAWA - The federal government has postponed a long-awaited update to Canada's corporate-misconduct provisions, including changes that could help SNC-Lavalin avoid being barred from lucrative federal...
Jun 01, 2019

Newborn southern resident whale calf spotted swimming in British Columbia waters
VANCOUVER - A newborn calf in a southern resident killer whale pod has been spotted in the waters around Tofino, British Columbia. Department of Fisheries and Oceans marine mammal co-ordinator Pa...
Jun 01, 2019

Canadian garbage will depart Philippines for Vancouver later today
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says it is "unfortunate" that a disagreement with the Philippines about Canadian garbage became an international diplomatic incident but she hopes it's ...
Jun 01, 2019

Quebec launches wide-ranging commission into youth protection service,
MONTREAL - The Quebec government launched a wide-ranging independent commission Thursday to look into youth protection in the province, prompted by the death last month of a seven-...
Jun 01, 2019

In the news today, May 30
Six stories in the news for Thursday, May 30 --- TRUDEAU TO RAISE U.S. ABORTION LAWS WITH PENCE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence are expected to discuss the ratifi...
Jun 01, 2019

'You killed me too:' Mother of slain Calgary Stampeder addresses killer in court
CALGARY - The mother of a Calgary Stampeders football player told a sentencing hearing Thursday that she's angry her son survived the crime-filled streets of Detroit only to be gunned down in Can...
Jun 01, 2019