Category Archives: Canada
Cocaine, pepper spray seizure lead to charges against Canadian soldier
SHILO, Man. - Charges have been laid against a Manitoba-based soldier who is accused of trafficking in cocaine. The Canadian Forces Provost Marshal and Canadian Forces Military Police Group says one c...
Oct 31, 2016
CETA a bright light against a protectionist world, says trade minister
OTTAWA - With the U.S. presidential election looming, Canada’s new trade deal with Europe should be seen as a showcase for how strong trading relationships are better than “building w...
Oct 31, 2016
La Presse says Montreal police tracked journalist's iPhone for months
MONTREAL - A Montreal journalist whose iPhone was monitored by police for months says he was outraged to discover he’d been “spied on” as part of what he calls an...
Oct 31, 2016
'Life is a Highway' in Manitoba: Stretch of road honours Tom Cochrane
WINNIPEG - Canadian rocker Tom Cochrane said he was overwhelmed Monday, as the Manitoba government named a section of highway near his hometown of Lynn Lake after one of Cochrane’s biggest hits,...
Oct 31, 2016
National Airlines gets jet back after paying outstanding St. John's airport bill
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A commercial jet that was grounded at the international airport in St. John’s, N.L., under a court order has been released after National Airlines paid it...
Oct 31, 2016
Feds hope Canadians will focus on long-term economic plan over short-term pain
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government will update the country’s economic and fiscal progress Tuesday, hoping to encourage Canadians to focus on the potential of its long-term plan&nb...
Oct 31, 2016
Cars made after May 2018 must have back-up cameras: Transport Canada
OTTAWA - Transport Canada says new cars and small trucks will have to be equipped with rear-view camera systems starting in May 2018. The new regulations have been formally posted in the Canada G...
Oct 31, 2016
Focus on innovation, not more cash, to improve health care in Canada: doctor
VANCOUVER - Squabbling by provinces in the run-up to a new health accord points to the need for an agency that would share regional health-care innovations with the rest of the country, says...
Oct 31, 2016
Transportation board pushes Pearson airport for safety upgrades after crash
OTTAWA - The fiery crash of an Air France jet in Toronto led to urgent calls to improve airport safety in 2005, but the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says more th...
Oct 31, 2016
Ontario premier calls inmate's 52-month segregation 'extremely disturbing'
TORONTO - The treatment of an inmate held in segregation for four years is “extremely disturbing,” Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said Monday, but she declined to call it torture. Adam Cap...
Oct 31, 2016