Category Archives: Canada
Interim Bloc Quebecois leader not interested in the job on a permanent basis
OTTAWA - The interim Bloc Quebecois leader says he isn’t interested in the job on a permanent basis. Rheal Fortin, who has headed the party since last year’s federal election, says his dec...
Dec 07, 2016
Premiers to push PM on health transfers over dinner after climate talks wrap up
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sitting down with premiers to finalize a long-awaited national plan on climate change, but once those discussions wrap up, they will move right into a heated ...
Dec 07, 2016
Technical hurdles mean no body-worn cameras for Mounties, for the time being
OTTAWA - Mounties won’t be wearing tiny video cameras - at least for now. The RCMP says it is postponing the deployment of body-worn cameras after testing revealed technical problems, including ...
Dec 07, 2016
Funeral held in Mount Hope, Ont., for pilot killed in CF-18 crash
MOUNT HOPE, Ont. - A military funeral for a Canadian Air Force pilot killed in a plane crash last week was held Wednesday at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope, Ont. Capt. Thomas McQu...
Dec 07, 2016
More cattle put into quarantine, but officials 'optimistic' worst is over
OTTAWA - The quarantine of cattle in a western Canada bovine tuberculosis outbreak continues to grow, even as no new confirmed cases of the disease have been found. Officials said Wednesday, however, ...
Dec 07, 2016
Lac-Megantic residents call on Trudeau to move forward on rail bypass
OTTAWA - Some Lac-Megantic residents say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has failed in what they call his moral obligation to have a rail bypass built around the Quebec town. A citizens’ group and...
Dec 07, 2016
Clark says Notley's trip to B.C. to promote pipeline took courage
VICTORIA - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley showed courage visiting British Columbia to voice her support for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Premier Christy Clark said Wednesday...
Dec 07, 2016
Commercial real estate sales hit quarterly record as investors hunt yields
CALGARY - Real estate firm CBRE says Canada hit a record level for commercial real estate sales in the third quarter and is on track to beat an annual record set during the 2007 boom. The firm says sa...
Dec 07, 2016
Provincial police have no plans to stop patrolling Algonquin reserve: minister
QUEBEC - Public Security Minister Martin Coiteux says provincial police have no plans to unilaterally stop patrolling an Algonquin reserve in the northwestern region of Quebec. A chief from the Lac-Si...
Dec 07, 2016
Debate over pipeline projects takes centre stage for Assembly of First Nations
GATINEAU, Que. - A First Nations leader from northern Alberta is urging his fellow chiefs to resist buying into the arguments of environmentalists opposed to pipeline projects and the oilsands. Fort M...
Dec 07, 2016