Category Archives: Canada
Feds tout fairness, economic benefits in $2.3-billion military rescue plane deal
OTTAWA - More than 10 years after then-prime minister Paul Martin said replacing Canada’s ancient military search-and-rescue planes would be made a “major priority,” the federal gove...
Dec 08, 2016
Lawsuit against Forces alleges discrimination against gays and lesbians
HALIFAX - A former Canadian Forces member who says a series of aggressive investigations into her sexual orientation hounded her out of the military in the late 1980s is leadi...
Dec 08, 2016
RCMP seize 127 kilograms of cocaine in Quebec drug-smuggling investigation
LAC SAINT-FRANCOIS, Que. - RCMP have seized 127 kilograms of cocaine and made three arrests in a drug smuggling investigation in southwestern Quebec, the force announced Thursday. Investigators s...
Dec 08, 2016
Canadian man in video of scuffle with Chicago policeman sues
CHICAGO - A 61-year-old Canadian man who was arrested after a scuffle with an off-duty Chicago police officer is suing the officer. Terence Clarke of Baden, Ontario alleges in the excessive force laws...
Dec 08, 2016
Where Trump won: A closer look at county-level data in key states
WASHINGTON - One month ago, Donald Trump shocked the world. He won the White House by capturing five key states - including several that hadn’t voted Republican in decades. The Canadian Press ex...
Dec 08, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Dec. 8
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Dec. 8 --- CANADIAN WOMAN ON BANKNOTE TO BE UNVEILED The Bank of Canada and the finance minister are set to reveal today which Canadian woman will grac...
Dec 08, 2016
B.C. boy with mysterious broken bones returned to parents after abuse ruled out
VANCOUVER - While watching their son and daughter play in a home near Vancouver’s children’s hospital, a couple from northern British Columbia received the news they had bee...
Dec 08, 2016
Canadian urban business leaders push Ottawa to improve airport policies
MONTREAL - A coalition of business leaders in Canada’s eight largest cities is putting pressure on the federal government to reduce security screening times and cut travelling cos...
Dec 08, 2016
A look at places that have taken the step to create all-gender bathrooms
REGINA - With it now common to see transgender children as young as six or seven, elementary schools across the country are creating gender-neutral, all-gender or unisex washr...
Dec 08, 2016
All-gender washrooms in schools raises question: Who cares where you pee?
REGINA - The small picture of a black toilet on a white background above the word “washroom” has become a big sign of inclusion for a rural school district in Saskatchewan. Prairie Valley ...
Dec 08, 2016