Category Archives: Canada
Canadian accused in death countryman in Mexico jailed as 'precaution'
CHICXULUB, Mexico - A Mexican judge has ordered a Canadian man who was arrested for the killing of a fellow countryman to be locked up for nine months as a “precautionary measure” whi...
Nov 23, 2016
Restoration, repairs to PM's official residence could cost $38M: report
OTTAWA - A report from iPolitics says restoration and repairs to the prime minister’s residence at 24 Sussex Drive, including building a new annex with private quarters and a...
Nov 23, 2016
Liberal-linked Canada 2020, seeks insulation against cash-for-access inferno
OTTAWA - A not-for-profit think-tank founded by Liberals with close personal ties to Justin Trudeau is trying to insulate itself from the cash-for-access inferno that is scorching the f...
Nov 23, 2016
Tories turn up heat on Trudeau over private cash-for-access fundraiser
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs used their strongest rhetoric yet on Wednesday to question the prime minister’s decision to attend a private fundraiser with “billionaire communist donors.”...
Nov 23, 2016
Former military procurement chiefs slam Liberals' fighter jet plan
OTTAWA - Two former heads of military procurement have slammed the Liberal government’s plan to buy 18 Super Hornet fighter jets as a legally dubious waste of taxpayer dollars. The Liberals anno...
Nov 23, 2016
PM Trudeau visits Liberia and Madagascar on first official visit to Africa
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau plans to discuss LGBTQ rights in a speech later this week at the summit of la Francophonie, where his audience will include countries that still discriminate on the basis ...
Nov 23, 2016
A look at the latest Canadian Forces report on suicides in 2015, by the numbers
OTTAWA - A by-the-numbers look at the Canadian Forces report on military suicides in 2015, released Wednesday: 14: Suicides involving men serving full-time in 2015 64.3: Percentage of that total who h...
Nov 23, 2016
Trump presidency poses 'existential' economic threat to Canada: Manley
OTTAWA - A former Liberal cabinet minister and leader of a major Canadian business group says Donald Trump’s impending presidency poses an economic threat to Canada that’s on par with the ...
Nov 23, 2016
Feds move to ban common neonicotinoid insecticide, say use 'not sustainable'
OTTAWA - The federal government is moving to phase out a common neonicotinoid insecticide after finding that it accumulates in waterways and harms aquatic insects. Health Canada has announce...
Nov 23, 2016
A timeline of events in the case of author Steven Galloway
VANCOUVER - A timeline of events since allegations were made against author Steven Galloway, who was chairman of the creating writing program at the University of British Columbia: Nov. 18, 2015: The ...
Nov 23, 2016