Category Archives: Canada
Under fire, Liberals decide to support motion on First Nations child welfare
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals will vote to support an NDP motion Tuesday that calls for an immediate $155-million cash injection for First Nations child welfare services, says Indigenous Affairs Minis...
Nov 01, 2016
Testimony continues today in case of New Brunswick boys killed by python
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - Testimony continues today in the jury trial of a man charged in the deaths of two young New Brunswick boys who were suffocated by a python. On Tuesday, the jurors heard the emotion...
Nov 01, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Nov. 1
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 1 --- STRIKE AVERTED AFTER FORD, UNIFOR REACH TENTATIVE DEAL The union representing 6,700 autoworkers at Ford in Canada said it has reached a tentative agreem...
Nov 01, 2016
Several Quebec companies beat deadline to sign up for reimbursement program
MONTREAL - More than a dozen Quebec companies stepped forward ahead of a deadline Tuesday with restitution plans for having obtained public contracts through fraud or other questionable means. Those w...
Nov 01, 2016
Former prime minister Paul Martin welcomes signing of Canada-EU trade deal
MONTREAL - Europe’s decision to sign the Canada-EU trade agreement shows it chose not to shut its borders despite the tumult caused by the Brexit vote, former prime minister Paul Martin said Mon...
Oct 31, 2016
No verdict Monday at Jacques Corriveau's fraud trial in Montreal
MONTREAL - The jurors at Jacques Corriveau’s fraud trial will deliberate again on Tuesday after the fourth full day of deliberations came and went without a verdict. The former federal Liberal o...
Oct 31, 2016
Saskatchewan NDP calls for action after another aboriginal girl kills herself
LA RONGE, Sask. - There is more heartbreak in northern Saskatchewan where another indigenous girl has committed suicide - the sixth in the province this month. The NDP Opposition said the 13-year-old ...
Oct 31, 2016
The legal road for Travis Vader in case of missing Alberta seniors
EDMONTON - A judge has changed his second-degree murder verdict to manslaughter in the high-profile case of Travis Vader. Vader was accused of killing Lyle and Marie McCann, who vanished six years ago...
Oct 31, 2016
Unifor and Ford reach tentative agreement last minute to avert strike
TORONTO - The union representing 6,700 autoworkers at Ford in Canada said it has reached a tentative agreement and secured a $700-million product investment from the automaker after a tense round of t...
Oct 31, 2016
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Oct. 31 OTTAWA UNVEILS IMMIGRATION TARGETS: Canada won’t increase the number of new immigrants being welcomed to the country next year, but is laying th...
Oct 31, 2016