Category Archives: Canada
Program to arm Kurds will require controls, government says
OTTAWA - Canada wants “adequate controls” in place before sending arms to Kurdish forces in Iraq, as human rights groups warn that weapons supplied by the U.S. and other countries are cont...
Jan 10, 2017
Case in alleged Quebec school plot delayed until Feb. 7 after lawyer switch
SAINT-HYACINTHE, Que. - One of two Quebec teens charged with conspiracy to commit murder and sexual assault in an alleged plot against some of their classmates has switched lawyers. The case against t...
Jan 10, 2017
Justin Trudeau's federal cabinet following Tuesday's modest shuffle
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has shuffled his federal cabinet. Here’s what it looks like now: Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth. Ralph Goo...
Jan 10, 2017
Cabinet shuffle: meet the new ministers around PM Trudeau's table
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brought three not-so-familiar faces into his federal cabinet Tuesday and placed them in key roles. Here’s a closer look: Francois-Philippe Champagne - Inte...
Jan 10, 2017
NDP criticized for singling out Nova Scotia billionaire in wealth-gap critique
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s NDP is being criticized for singling out one of the province’s wealthiest businessmen and philanthropists, as it condemned the Liberal government on income inequali...
Jan 10, 2017
OPG report on planned nuclear waste bunker blasted as 'inadequate'
TORONTO - Opponents of a planned nuclear waste bunker have hit back at a report affirming the Lake Huron shoreline as the best place to locate the facility. They also claim the federal government is t...
Jan 10, 2017
Nova Scotia tragedy: hospital did not turn away anyone, doctor says
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - A senior medical official in Nova Scotia is challenging allegations that a former soldier who killed his family before committing suicide was turned away from an Antigonish hospital...
Jan 10, 2017
Drunk driver Marco Muzzo says lawsuit from Neville-Lake family should be reduced
NEWMARKET, Ont. - A drunk driver who killed three children and their grandfather in a collision north of Toronto in 2015 says he is liable for the crash, but argues the amount of damages sought by the...
Jan 10, 2017
Trudeau meets Congress of Aboriginal Peoples to discuss concerns
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett met today with the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples - the first of what will be yearly meetings to ensure the gover...
Jan 10, 2017
Verdict in Brent Hawkes' gross indecency trial pushed back to Jan. 31
KENTVILLE, N.S. - The verdict in the gross indecency trial of prominent Toronto pastor Brent Hawkes has been pushed back because the judge needs more time. Judge Alan Tufts was going to hand down his ...
Jan 10, 2017