Category Archives: Canada

Tories talk immigration, economy, environment, trade at first leadership debate
SASKATOON - The 12 people vying to lead the federal Conservative Party took jabs at the Trudeau government’s proposed carbon tax and backed the idea of pipelines in their first leadership debate...
Nov 09, 2016
Trump, Clinton, Obama move to united fractured nation after bitter campaign
WASHINGTON - After a stormy political season, a ray of civic sunshine peered through the American skies Wednesday. Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama vowed to work together for the better...
Nov 09, 2016

Prominent Muslim leader urges calm after Donald Trump's surprise election win
CALGARY - A prominent Muslim leader is urging calm after Donald Trump’s surprise U.S. election win. Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad told reporters Wednesday he does not believe the R...
Nov 09, 2016
Alberta says psychiatrist arrested in Edmonton to plead guilty in Australia
EDMONTON - An Australian child psychiatrist charged with child pornography offences in Edmonton has agreed to plead guilty in his home country. Aaron Voon was arrested at West Edmonton Mall in May aft...
Nov 09, 2016

Troubling to hear woman candidate allege harassment in PC race: Alberta premier
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says it’s troubling to hear a female candidate say she dropped out of the Progressive Conservative leadership contest due to abuse and intimida...
Nov 09, 2016

The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Nov. 9 ___ CANADA TO TRUMP: SURE, LET’S TALK NAFTA: If U.S. president-elect Donald Trump wants to sit down and renegotiate the North American Fr...
Nov 09, 2016
N.B. military member accused of accessing child pornography while on duty
GAGETOWN, N.B. - The military says a member of the armed forces has been charged with accessing child pornography while on duty at New Brunswick’s Gagetown military base. The Canadian Forces Nat...
Nov 09, 2016
Health authority says 16 Nova Scotians have chosen assisted death
HALIFAX - Sixteen Nova Scotians have died through assisted suicide, according to the provincial health authority. The Nova Scotia Health Authority initially refused to release the numbers, citing...
Nov 09, 2016

Kinder Morgan president backs off climate change remarks
EDMONTON - The president of the company behind the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion proposal has backed off earlier remarks in which he suggested he was unsure humans are con...
Nov 09, 2016

Breaking glass ceilings 'just got a little bit harder' after Clinton loss: Wynne
TORONTO - Ontario’s first female leader says the task of shattering glass ceilings “just got a little bit harder” after Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump in the American e...
Nov 09, 2016