Category Archives: Canada
Four stories in the news Tuesday, Nov. 15
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 15 --- TRUDEAU HEADS TO CUBA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in Cuba today for the first official visit by a Canadian prime minister to the country in ...
Nov 15, 2016
Researchers call for more science be put into environmental assessments
OTTAWA - A group of young scientific researchers has drafted an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressing concern that current environmental assessments and regulatory reviews lack ̶...
Nov 15, 2016
Trudeau begins trade trip today with stop in Cuba
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Trudeau arrives in Cuba today, the first official visit by a Canadian prime minister in almost two decades. It is the first step in the Liberal government’s week-long bid...
Nov 15, 2016
Toronto media personality Mike Bullard charged with criminal harassment
TORONTO - A published report says Toronto media personality Mike Bullard has been charged with criminal harassment but his lawyer isn’t commenting on the matter. Asked about the report, Bullard&...
Nov 14, 2016
Military police investigating alleged sexual assault at garrison near Montreal
MONTREAL - Military police are investigating an alleged sexual assault that occurred over the weekend at a leadership school for new recruits south of Montreal. Police spokesman Jean-Marc Mercier said...
Nov 14, 2016
Crown to announce Friday whether charges will be laid against Quebec police
QUEBEC - Crown officials in Quebec will announce Friday whether they are laying charges against provincial police in the alleged sexual abuse of indigenous women. Prosecutors said Monday they have fin...
Nov 14, 2016
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Nov. 14 -- OBAMA SAYS U.S. UNDER TRUMP WILL MAINTAIN ALLIANCES: U.S. President Barack Obama says the U.S. under Donald Trump will remain the “indispensa...
Nov 14, 2016
'No ill will': Dead woman's family blames 'hideous illness,' defends husband
CALGARY - Siblings of a senior found dead in her home last month say a hideous illness, and not her husband of 56 years, is to blame. Audrey van Zuiden, 80, was found Oct. 4 in the Calgary home she sh...
Nov 14, 2016
Ontario land transfer tax rebate doubled to $4,000 for first-time homebuyers
TORONTO - Ontario is doubling the rebate on its land transfer tax for first-time homebuyers to $4,000 in an effort to help them enter the housing market, but it is also raising the same tax on homes t...
Nov 14, 2016
Treatment centre compliant with regulations, says report on overdose death
VANCOUVER - Three days after Brandon Jansen entered his 11th treatment centre for an addiction to the opioid fentanyl, he died partly because an antidote and therapeutic drug that could have stopped h...
Nov 14, 2016