Category Archives: Canada
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Jan. 11 --- FONDA, CHIEFS SAY TRUDEAU BETRAYED HOPES FOR CLIMATE ACTION: Hollywood icon Jane Fonda is joining with Canadian aboriginal leaders to say Prime...
Jan 11, 2017
Canada says no 'quid pro quo' with Russia on lifting Freeland travel ban
OTTAWA - Canada is rebuffing the Kremlin’s thinly veiled overtures that it might be willing to lift a travel ban on new Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland if it eases sanctions on Russia...
Jan 11, 2017
Author Joseph Boyden apologizes for being 'too vocal' on indigenous issues
TORONTO - Acclaimed author Joseph Boyden released a statement Wednesday in which he apologized for being “too vocal” on many indigenous issues in Canada. It was the second public statement...
Jan 11, 2017
PM's cross-country tour not about padding Liberal data base of supporters: PMO
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau’s cross-country tour to re-engage with grassroots Canadians starts Thursday amid suspicions that it’s really aimed at helping the Liberal party add details about po...
Jan 11, 2017
B.C. premier says five conditions met on Trans Mountain pipeline
VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark announced British Columbia’s support for the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline Wednesday, saying the project meets her government’s five conditions ...
Jan 11, 2017
Deer cull to begin in southwestern Ontario national park on Friday
LEAMINGTON, Ont. - Parks Canada says it will begin a deer cull on Friday in an overpopulated national park in southwestern Ontario. The federal agency says “population reduction” is part o...
Jan 11, 2017
Don't be fooled by 'good-looking Liberals:' Fonda on Trudeau's climate action
EDMONTON - As far as Jane Fonda is concerned, there’s only one lesson to be drawn from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent approval of two oilsands pipeline projects. “The lesson ...
Jan 11, 2017
QuickFacts on sales of $1-million-plus homes last year in four Canadian cities
TORONTO - Sales of homes for more than $1 million soared last year, according to a Sotheby’s report Wednesday. Here’s a breakdown for four cities (previous year in brackets): Calgary: $1 m...
Jan 11, 2017
Suicides of two 12-year-olds highlight need for federal action: grand chief
OTTAWA - The deaths of two 12-year-old girls from a remote First Nation in northern Ontario are further evidence of the need for a national suicide strategy to help protect children across Canada, a p...
Jan 11, 2017
NEB seeks public input on expanded pipeline emergency plan disclosure rules
CALGARY - The National Energy Board says it will require companies making pipeline applications to provide more detail on their emergency response plans. The federal regulator says the rule changes ar...
Jan 11, 2017