Category Archives: Canada
Federal justice minister pledges to appoint more judges 'in the near future'
HALIFAX - Canada’s justice minister says she’s poised to appoint a number of new judges to the bench following criticism from Alberta, where a first-degree murder charge was stayed be...
Oct 14, 2016
Trudeau says naysayers on Canada's carbon-tax plan using 'scare tactics'
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is aiming to counter the “political torque and misinformation” on the federal government’s controversial carbon-pricing pl...
Oct 14, 2016
Hurricane Nicole may bring waves but otherwise spare Atlantic Canada
HALIFAX - Environment Canada says Hurricane Nicole will lash the Grand Banks this weekend with gale-force wind and waves, but Atlantic Canada will otherwise be spared the violent storm that pounded Be...
Oct 14, 2016
Player suspended after Nova Scotia hockey player suffers head injury
TRENTON, N.S. - A junior hockey player from Cape Breton has been suspended for the rest of the season after an opposing player was hospitalized with brain bleeds and swelling. The Nova ...
Oct 14, 2016
Church leaders, prominent architect pressure Cleveland Indians to change name
TORONTO - The Cleveland Indians faced growing pressure in Canada on Friday to ditch their name and mascot, including a court challenge. Douglas Cardinal, a prominent aboriginal architect,&nb...
Oct 14, 2016
Canada gives another $2 million for Haiti hurricane relief
OTTAWA - Canada is contributing another $2 million to relief efforts in Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. This brings Canada’s contributions to more than $6 million. The government says th...
Oct 14, 2016
Public safety minister says federal disaster aid coming for Cape Breton
HALIFAX - Canada’s public safety minister promised to provide financial help to flood-ravaged parts of Cape Breton as quickly as possible Friday, following a tour of communities hit&nb...
Oct 14, 2016
Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice among four dead in B.C. plane crash
KELOWNA, B.C. - The family of Jim Prentice expressed its “profound shock and heartbreak” Friday after a plane carrying the former Alberta premier and three other people...
Oct 14, 2016
'Everyone is on edge right now:' three youth suicides in northern Saskatchewan
LAC LA RONGE, Sask. - Aboriginal leaders and the prime minister say a crisis is unfolding in northern Saskatchewan after three young girls took their own lives and there are fears more young people ar...
Oct 14, 2016
CATSA gives online advice on flying with medical marijuana
OTTAWA - The agency that screens air travellers and their luggage is now providing advice on its website about flying with medical marijuana. The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority says wh...
Oct 14, 2016