Category Archives: Canada

Canada not perfect on human rights, either, Trudeau tells Chinese leaders
HONG KONG - When Justin Trudeau raised concerns directly with China’s political elite about their human-rights record, he says he also acknowledged that Canada isn’t perfect. The prime min...
Sep 06, 2016

'He made me hate myself': Sex assault complainant testifies at judge's hearing
CALGARY - A woman who was asked whether she could have kept her knees closed by an Alberta judge during a sexual assault trial says she contemplated suicide as ...
Sep 06, 2016
Federal government orders safety improvements at key border crossing
OTTAWA - Transport Canada says it has found safety deficiencies on the Canadian side of one of the busiest border crossings with the United States. The agency says the deficiencies concern a section o...
Sep 06, 2016
B.C. Liberals must pull off balancing act on real estate: observers
VANCOUVER - Public outcry over British Columbia’s sizzling real estate market pushed the province’s Liberal government to introduce a foreign-buyers’ tax last month, but uncerta...
Sep 06, 2016
Trial begins for man accused in mill shooting in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - Jury selection will begin today in the trial of a man accused of killing two men and wounding two others during a shooting at a sawmill in Nanaimo, B.C. Michael Lunn and Fred McEa...
Sep 06, 2016
Smoke detected on WestJet flight causes detour for Ottawa-bound passengers
REGINA - Passengers on a WestJet flight bound for Ottawa found themselves making an unexpected detour to Regina on Saturday. WestJet spokeswoman Lauren Stewart says flight 610 from Calgary to Ottawa w...
Sep 06, 2016
Merger facts: a look at Enbridge and Spectra Energy as they merge
Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. said Monday it will buy Houston-based Spectra Energy Corp. in a $37-billion cross-border deal that will create the largest energy pipeline and storage company in North Amer...
Sep 06, 2016

Rising protectionism complicating softwood, Canada-EU trade deal: feds
HANGZHOU, China - Concerns about the impact of protectionist sentiments on key Canadian trade talks led senior government members to dedicate some of their scarce face time to...
Sep 06, 2016

Former CFL pioneer and Norman Kwong dead at 86
CALGARY - The China Clipper sailed to the rescue of more than one professional sports team - as a bruising football fullback, a tenacious front-office manager in the CFL and part-owner of his hom...
Sep 06, 2016

Peter Mansbridge says this will be his last year as anchor of The National
TORONTO - After almost 30 years as anchor of CBC’s flagship news program, Peter Mansbridge will leave the The National next summer. Mansbridge told viewers during Monday night’s broad...
Sep 06, 2016