Category Archives: Canada
Health money is on the table, up to provinces whether to take it: Trudeau
WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says tens of billions in federal health transfer payments are there for the taking if the provinces want them. He also reiterated that Ottawa is offe...
Jan 26, 2017
Details of 12 recommendations from 'Shattered Mirror' report on Canada's media
OTTAWA - A report from the Public Policy Forum, authored by veteran journalist Ed Greenspon, is urging dramatic changes to help support the Canadian news industry as it struggles with sharp decli...
Jan 26, 2017
Saskatoon library refuses to let Conservative leadership candidate hold meeting
OTTAWA - A public library has told a Conservative leadership candidate he can’t use their facility to host a meet-and-greet with pro-life supporters because the event’s “controversia...
Jan 26, 2017
Deportation order issued for American fugitive known as 'Godfather of Grass'
MONTREAL - An American man known as the “Godfather of Grass” is not eligible to remain in Canada and is to be deported, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada rule...
Jan 26, 2017
Ontario medical regulator wins appeal against own committee's penalty on doctor
TORONTO - Ontario’s medical regulator has won an appeal of a penalty imposed by its own discipline committee after decrying the independent panel’s “demonstrably unfit”&nb...
Jan 26, 2017
MP who brought forward Wynn's Law disappointed PM is 'in the dark' about bill
ST. ALBERT, Alta. - An MP who is championing a bill named after an Alberta RCMP officer killed on the job says it’s “inexcusable” that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ha...
Jan 26, 2017
One shuffle leads to another: Trudeau names nine new parliamentary secretaries
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is adding nine new names to the ranks of parliamentary secretaries for the Liberal government. They include Ginette Petitpas Taylor, who is now parliamentary sec...
Jan 26, 2017
Ontario mom who smuggled guns from U.S. sentenced to nearly two years in jail
WINDSOR, Ont. - A mother of three is going to jail for nearly two years for smuggling guns into Canada. Michelle Downey, 38, had tearfully pleaded to be allowed to serve her sentence at home in L...
Jan 26, 2017
Tembec open to lumber export quotas in a break from Canadian industry
MONTREAL - Eastern Canadian lumber producer Tembec says it’s open to quotas on exports to the United States, in a break from the positions of some Canadian rivals and the Quebec government....
Jan 26, 2017
Students looking for selfies, some pipeline protesters meet Trudeau in Regina
REGINA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was greeted by protesters shouting “water is life” as he walked through the University of Regina to meet students. Trudeau replied that he agreed and...
Jan 26, 2017