Category Archives: Canada
PBO predicts decline in buying power of new child benefit program
OTTAWA — Canadian families will see their payments slowly erode over time under the Liberal government’s new child benefit program, says Parliament’s budget watchdog. ...
Sep 01, 2016

Newfoundland singer decries 'trolls' criticizing Gomez's concert cancellations
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A Newfoundland singer-songwriter is calling out critics of pop star Selena Gomez, saying she was right to cancel two concerts in Atlantic Canada for health reasons....
Sep 01, 2016
Six Polish citizens charged with improper entry into the U.S. from Canada
SARNIA, Ont. — Authorities in Canada and the United States say they have thwarted a human smuggling attempt near Sarnia, Ont. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says its agents saw two men ...
Sep 01, 2016
Ontario man pleads guilty to importing ecstasy, pot, to U.S.
BOSTON — An Ontario man has pleaded guilty to charges he imported marijuana and MDMA, also known as ecstasy, from Canada into the United States. U.S. Massachusetts Attorney Carmen Ortiz say...
Sep 01, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Sept. 1
Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press ——— WORK TO BEGIN ON INQUIRY INTO MISSING, MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN Marion Buller, the judge who will lead a n...
Sep 01, 2016

Failing sealift shipper raises fears of a lack of supplies in western Arctic
For 80 years, Christmas in many remote communities of the western Arctic really should have been in the summer when the annual landing of the Northern Transportation Co.’s barge b...
Sep 01, 2016

A tale of two neighbours: In U.S. election, only the southern one gets the heat
HOLTVILLE, Calif. — In this election year, in this place, in the rare event someone mentions Canada it’s liable to be as a joke. John Hernandez offers an example of the genre. He gree...
Sep 01, 2016

Clinic operator, proponent of privatized health care heads to court next week
VANCOUVER — A self-styled champion of privatized health care is bringing his fight to British Columbia Supreme Court on Tuesday for the start of a months-long trial he s...
Sep 01, 2016
Passengers help subdue unruly man on WestJet flight headed to Edmonton
EDMONTON — A customer on a WestJet flight from Toronto to Edmonton says there were some tense moments as he and others helped the crew subdue an unruly passenger. Steven Kelley sa...
Aug 31, 2016
Husband thought storage locker where infant remains found was for furniture
WINNIPEG — The husband of a woman on trial for concealing the remains of six infants in a storage locker thought his wife was hoarding furniture. “I thought it was her father’s, hoar...
Aug 31, 2016