Category Archives: Canada
Hundreds of Canadians to join Women's March on Washington this weekend
When Linda Hill leaves for Washington, D.C., on Friday night to join a massive march for women’s rights, there will be many familiar faces on the bus - including her daughter. Hill, 56, a c...
Jan 17, 2017
A third of adults treated for asthma don't actually have airway disorder: study
TORONTO - About a third of Canadian adults being treated for asthma don’t actually have the respiratory disorder, either because they have been misdiagnosed or have gone into...
Jan 17, 2017
PM backs Vance in relieving senior military commander, but won't say more
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is backing the decision by Canada’s chief of the defence staff to relieve his second in command of his duties, but won’t say anything more about...
Jan 17, 2017
Trudeau says he may not wish political leadership on his young daughter
FREDERICTON - The prime minister says he may not encourage his young daughter to carry on the family tradition of political leadership. Justin Trudeau was at a town hall in Fredericton when he was ask...
Jan 17, 2017
Trudeau affirms support of NATO after Trump brands alliance obsolete
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau has affirmed Canada’s support of NATO, days after president-elect Donald Trump’s pronouncement that the military alliance is obsolete. But the prime minister s...
Jan 17, 2017
CMHC to raise mortgage insurance premiums for new homebuyers as of March 17
Canada’s federal housing agency is hiking the cost of mortgage loan insurance for homebuyers starting March 17, as part of new regulatory requirements requiring it to hold more ca...
Jan 17, 2017
Newfoundland officer testifies he wasn't aware RCMP urged caution with Dunphy
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Newfoundland police officer who shot and killed Don Dunphy at his home on Easter Sunday 2015 says he would have taken backup if he had known about an old RCMP file ca...
Jan 17, 2017
Man charged after town's school, hall, RCMP office burn: 'Everything was ablaze'
MILLTOWN, N.L. - A small-town Newfoundland deputy mayor surveyed the smouldering remnants of his childhood school Tuesday, dismayed at having to rebuild his community after a serie...
Jan 17, 2017
Clean needle programs too dangerous, federal prison officials tell court
OTTAWA - Giving clean drug-injection needles to prisoners to stem the spread of infectious disease would make federal penitentiaries more dangerous places, senior correctional officials say. Syri...
Jan 17, 2017
Six stories in the news today, Jan. 17
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 17 --- TORONTO BOUNCER AMONG DEAD IN MEXICO SHOOTING Kirk Wilson, a Toronto bouncer described as a “gentle giant,” has been identified as one of f...
Jan 17, 2017