Category Archives: Canada
Motion on carbon tax on agenda as Wildrose party holds annual general meeting
RED DEER, Alta. - Alberta’s carbon tax is high on the agenda as members of Alberta’s Wildrose party gather today in Red Deer for their annual general meeting. Party leader Brian Jean will ...
Oct 28, 2016
'Our bedrock:' Jim Prentice remembered at memorial as devoted family man
CALGARY - Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice was remembered Friday as a principled public servant, a humble leader and a champion of indigenous and environmental causes. But much of a publi...
Oct 28, 2016
'I want justice:' Victims call for adult sentence in school shooting
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - People who say their lives changed forever the day a teen took a gun and went to a high school and a home in northern Saskatchewan - killing four and wounding ...
Oct 28, 2016
Alberta mayor, MP say they will fight move of immigration processing centre
VEGREVILLE, Alta. - The mayor of an Alberta town says he will fight the relocation of the federal immigration and refugee processing centre that has been the community’s major employer since&nbs...
Oct 28, 2016
Lobbying watchdog probing allegations lobbyists involved in Liberal fundraisers
OTTAWA - Lobbying commissioner Karen Shepherd says her investigators are looking into allegations that lobbyists have been involved in Liberal fundraisers featuring cabinet ministers. Shepherd says lo...
Oct 28, 2016
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Oct. 27 TRUDEAU NAMES NINE TO SENATE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named nine new, non-partisan senators to the Senate Thursday. ...
Oct 27, 2016
A closer look at nine Canadians recommended to Senate by Justin Trudeau
OTTAWA - A condensed and edited version of the biographical information released Thursday by the Prime Minister’s Office about the nine Canadians recommended for the Senate by Justin Trudeau: __...
Oct 27, 2016
Alberta government explores setting up safe sites to reduce fentanyl overdoses
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is taking the war on fentanyl abuse to the next level by exploring a plan to set up safe, supervised sites for opioid use. Brandy Payne, Alberta’s associat...
Oct 27, 2016
Former journalist Arthur Kent wants Postmedia to pay dud Scud lawsuit costs
CALGARY - Former journalist Arthur Kent asked an Alberta judge Thursday to award him $1.2 million for his legal costs in a successful defamation lawsuit against Canada’s larg...
Oct 27, 2016
Local investors outnumber foreign buyers in Toronto's new condo market: study
TORONTO - Concerns about foreign investors snapping up real estate have dominated headlines recently, but a new report suggests domestic investors outnumber foreign buyers in the Greate...
Oct 27, 2016