Category Archives: Canada
Trudeau offers solidarity with Canada's Muslim community after mosque attack
OTTAWA - A solemn Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke of sadness and solidarity with Canada’s Muslim community Monday as the country reeled amid the aftermath of a deadly, hate-fuelled “ac...
Jan 30, 2017
Manitoba premier says he supports indigenous hunting rights and is not a racist
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has told a Winnipeg newspaper that he used imprecise and possibly inflammatory language earlier this month when he told rural municipal politicians that ten...
Jan 30, 2017
Timeline of police response to deadly shooting at Quebec City mosque
Six people were killed and five critically injured Sunday night in shooting at a mosque in Quebec City. Here’s a timeline of the police response: - At 7:50 p.m., police receive several calls fro...
Jan 30, 2017
'A very, very big tragedy for us,' says Quebec City mosque leader after attack
QUEBEC - The victims of a mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque were fathers, businessmen, a university professor and others who had gathered for evening prayers, a Muslim community leader said Monday...
Jan 30, 2017
Five Nova Scotia universities sue teachers over work-to-rule job action
HALIFAX - Five universities say they are suing the Nova Scotia Teachers Union over the work-to-rule campaign in its ongoing contract dispute with the province. The five - Acadia, Cape Breton, Mount Sa...
Jan 30, 2017
Five stories in the news today, Jan. 30
Five stories in the news for Friday, Jan. 30 --- ATTACK ON QUEBEC CITY MOSQUE LEAVES 6 DEAD, 8 INJURED An attack on a Quebec City mosque has left six people dead and eight others injured. Provincial p...
Jan 30, 2017
Canadian protesters decry Trump's U.S. travel ban; urge Trudeau action
TORONTO - Hundreds of people gathered outside a shut-down U.S. consulate in Toronto and elsewhere in Canada on Monday to denounce the American entry ban on people from seven predominantly Muslim count...
Jan 30, 2017
B.C. health officer leads push for European-style heroin treatment programs
VICTORIA - Prescribing medicinal heroin to prevent overdose deaths might appear to clash with common sense, but the provincial health officer in B.C. is backing the idea because he says European-style...
Jan 30, 2017
Saskatchewan spill highlights problems with pipeline leak detection systems
CALGARY - Clint Big Eagle says the whiff of oil permeated the frigid Saskatchewan air for about a week and a half before he decided to pull over and investigate. “The kids are all, ‘ItR...
Jan 30, 2017
Soldiers clear roads, help senior clean out freezer in N.B. ice-storm cleanup
LAMEQUE, N.B. - Troops went door-to-door Monday, helping northeastern New Brunswick recover from a devastating ice storm that has been linked to two deaths and almost three dozen hospitalizations from...
Jan 30, 2017