Category Archives: Canada

Pregnant asylum seeker rescued from snow trying to cross Manitoba border
WINNIPEG - A pregnant woman who walked across the United States border into Manitoba was rescued after she became trapped in a snowbank and appeared to go into labour. Emerson-Franklin Reeve Dave Carl...
Mar 21, 2019

Trans woman hopes funding cut will send message to Vancouver rape crisis group
VANCOUVER - A transgender woman whose case against Canada's oldest rape crisis centre was dismissed by the courts says she hopes the City of Vancouver's decision to ...
Mar 21, 2019

Leaders set sights on each other as Alberta election called for April 16
Alberta's NDP leader and her main conservative rival wasted no time pointing fingers at each other on the first day of the campaign for an April 16 election. Premier Rachel Notley called the vote...
Mar 21, 2019

New Leger polls suggests federal Liberals lagging Conservatives
OTTAWA - A new poll conducted by Leger for The Canadian Press suggests the governing federal Liberals have lost ground to the Conservatives over the past month. Overall, 31 per cent of respondents pol...
Mar 21, 2019

Liberals pledge $253 million to undo Tory-era changes to benefits tribunal
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are promising to spend more than $250 million to revamp the body Canadians turn to with disputes over access to federal benefits, partially restoring the s...
Mar 21, 2019

'I'm a little numb:' Killer of B.C. gas station attendant Grant De Patie dies
BLIND BAY, B.C. - The mother of a British Columbia gas station attendant dragged to death under a vehicle more than a decade ago, says she is "numb" to learn her son's killer has died. Corin...
Mar 21, 2019

Calgary UCP candidate resigns after report on her comments about race
CALGARY - A United Conservative Party candidate in the Alberta election who resigned over online comments she reportedly made about white nationalists is begging people to lower the tem...
Mar 21, 2019

Liberal-dominated justice committee ends SNC-Lavalin probe amid opposition howls
OTTAWA - The Liberal-dominated justice committee of the House of Commons pulled the plug Tuesday on its probe of the SNC-Lavalin affair, prompting fresh howls of opposition outrage and a wal...
Mar 21, 2019

MPs continue voting marathon as Tories protest shutdown of Wilson-Raybould motion
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are continuing their marathon voting session as opposition parties protest the Trudeau government's efforts to shut down any further investigation into the SNC-Lava...
Mar 21, 2019

In the news today, March 19
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, March 19 --- BUDGET SETS LIBERAL STAGE FOR FALL ELECTION The Trudeau government will attempt to set the stage for this fall's election - and provide som...
Mar 21, 2019