Category Archives: Canada
Ottawa officer charged under police act after Pootoogook postings
OTTAWA - An Ottawa police officer is facing charges under the police act in connection with online comments about the death of Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook, remarks the city police chie...
Oct 23, 2016
Stolen head from statue of Christ is returned, orange replacement removed
SUDBURY, Ont. - The missing head of a statue of baby Jesus has been returned, and the bright orange clay head that replaced it has been removed. Gerard Lajeunesse, the priest at the Ste. Anne des...
Oct 23, 2016
Conservatives in Calgary-Heritage choose candidate to replace Stephen Harper
CALGARY - Conservatives in Stephen Harper’s former constituency in Calgary have chosen a new candidate to represent their party. Businessman Bob Benzen beat out two other candidates to win the n...
Oct 23, 2016
Conservative leadership race: who's in, who's out, who's still thinking it over
OTTAWA - Quebec MP and former public safety minister Steven Blaney is the latest to join the Conservative leadership race after launching his campaign Sunday. Here is the list of who else is in, ...
Oct 23, 2016
Storms hamper attempt to clean up, contain fuel spill off B.C. coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Officials say booms containing a fuel spill from a sunken tug off British Columbia’s central coast have been replaced, but clean up crews continue to face harsh weather as th...
Oct 23, 2016
100M Canadians by 2100? Key advisers to Morneau striving for such a goal
OTTAWA - Imagine Canada with a population of 100 million - roughly triple its current size. For two of the most prominent voices inside the Trudeau government’s influent...
Oct 23, 2016
Women in gender-parity cabinet reflect on first year as ministers
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed last year to bring gender parity - an equal number of men and women - to the federal cabinet, responding to a question about “why” with the...
Oct 23, 2016
'Room left to grow': Canada's first aboriginal justice minister one year in
OTTAWA - There is a gripping photograph of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau taken when newly elected Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould was sworn in as justice minister. The two politicians s...
Oct 23, 2016
Former Habs coach and Senator Jacques Demers released from hospital
OTTAWA - Senator and former Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Demers is back at home after going to hospital Saturday. His Senate office would only confirm that Demers, 72, was at home Sunday...
Oct 23, 2016
Protesters who refuse solid food take fight against Muskrat Falls to Ottawa
An Inuk artist protesting the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador says he’s lost more than eight kilograms after ten days of consuming nothing but water but is prepared to die f...
Oct 23, 2016