Category Archives: Canada

Canada's pre-emptive warning on US tariff talk: Don't tax us, or we'll tax you
WASHINGTON - The Canadian government is launching a pre-emptive warning for American policy-makers considering a tax on cross-border trade: If you hit us, prepare to be hit back. As she concluded a tw...
Feb 08, 2017
Hamilton cat tests positive for rabies; officials suspect link to raccoon strain
Officials suspect a Hamilton cat that tested positive for rabies earlier this week may be infected with a strain that made a surprise reappearance in southern Ontario after a decade-long hiatus. The c...
Feb 08, 2017
Kevin O'Leary finds a new premier to target: Nova Scotia's Stephen McNeil
HALIFAX - Kevin O’Leary - who drummed up headlines last month when he targeted Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne - has launched an aggressive attack on another Liberal premier. In an “open le...
Feb 08, 2017
Revoked Nexus trusted-traveller cards reinstated, at least for now: minister
OTTAWA - Trusted-traveller Nexus cards revoked from about 200 Canadian permanent residents have been reinstated, at least for now, says Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. The Nexus cards, which hel...
Feb 08, 2017

Trudeau to meet Angela Merkel in Germany, address European Parliament
OTTAWA - Next week’s meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be a symbolic affirmation of their shared values in the Donald Trump era, says Germany...
Feb 08, 2017

Blood stains tell story of attack on three victims: forensic expert
CALGARY - A woman and her grandson were attacked in a spare bedroom where she was hit with a blunt instrument that caused a significant impact and loss of blood, a murder trial was told Wednesday. ...
Feb 08, 2017
Ontario man threatens family with hammer in dispute over garbage, police allege
KINGSTON, Ont. - Children fled into the freezing rain without shoes or coats after their father allegedly threatened the family with a hammer in a dispute over garbage, police in Kingston, Ont., alleg...
Feb 08, 2017
Woman accused of stabbing stranger in Toronto set to go to trial Jan. 8, 2018
TORONTO - A woman charged in an apparently unprovoked fatal stabbing in Toronto’s financial district is expected to stand trial next January. Rohinie Bisesar is charged with first-degree murder ...
Feb 08, 2017

Canadians join global movement to boycott academic events held in the U.S.
TORONTO - Canadian intellectuals are in the thick of a global movement to protest the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump by boycotting academic conferences hosted on American soil. Hundreds...
Feb 08, 2017

Feds' attempt to block '60s Scoop ruling slammed as unprecedented, galling
TORONTO - An extraordinary 11th-hour government attempt to stop a judge from ruling on a bitter eight-year legal fight over the so-called ’60s Scoop is under fire from the plaintiffs and observe...
Feb 08, 2017