Category Archives: Canada
Conservatives strive for focus, unity in next sitting of Parliament
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are gathered in Quebec City - a place all but forgotten by the Liberals, Opposition MPs say - to hash out how best to frame Justin Trudeau as a man out of touch with...
Jan 25, 2017
Liberals see artificial intelligence as a path to reverse stalled growth
OTTAWA - They see it as a way of saying “Hasta la vista, baby” to years of sluggish economic growth. The federal Liberals are expected to use the upcoming federal budget to foster the deve...
Jan 25, 2017
Five stories in the news today, Jan. 25
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Jan. 25 --- TORIES PREPARE FOR PARLIAMENT, LEADERSHIP Conservative members of Parliament are gathering in Quebec City today for two days of strategizing before n...
Jan 25, 2017
Lack of strategy for senior prisoners raises human rights issues: advocates
VANCOUVER - Convicted killer Francis McLaughlin was a free man for more than 25 years before the parole board noticed a change in his behaviour and sent him back to prison, where he died about 10 mont...
Jan 25, 2017
Toronto doctors remove dying woman's diseased lungs to buy time for transplant
TORONTO - In what’s believed to be a world first, Canadian doctors say they were able to save a young mother’s life with a radical procedure - they removed her lungs. Melissa Benoit, who w...
Jan 25, 2017
'I would have gone anywhere to hear that': Killer gets life in death of seniors
EDMONTON - Bret McCann and his family got up in the middle of the night half a world away to watch a live video feed of a judge handing a life sentence to the man who killed McCann’s parents. Tr...
Jan 25, 2017
Jacques Corriveau freed after getting 4-year prison term for sponsorship fraud
MONTREAL - Just hours after being handed a four-year prison term Wednesday for fraud-related crimes in connection with the federal sponsorship scandal, ex-Liberal organizer Jacques Corriveau was freed...
Jan 25, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau grilled on peacekeeping plans at Calgary town hall
CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suggested Canada’s peacekeeping decisions will be made with the Trump administration’s particular world view in mind. Trudeau was asked about Ca...
Jan 24, 2017
Some Manitoba NDP members want to drop the 'N' at convention in March
WINNIPEG - Some Manitoba New Democrats are pushing the provincial party to change its name to rejuvenate following last year’s election loss. The NDP constituency association in Lac Du Bonnet ha...
Jan 24, 2017
Friend of man accused of killing 13-year-old girl says he was 'always on the run'
WINNIPEG - A former friend of a Winnipeg man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl told court the accused sometimes disappeared for days at a time. Mark Grant is charged with second-degree murder in t...
Jan 24, 2017