Category Archives: Canada
Storms hamper attempt to clean up, contain fuel spill off B.C. coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Officials say booms containing a fuel spill from a sunken tug off British Columbia’s central coast have been replaced, but clean up crews continue to face harsh weather as th...
Oct 23, 2016
100M Canadians by 2100? Key advisers to Morneau striving for such a goal
OTTAWA - Imagine Canada with a population of 100 million - roughly triple its current size. For two of the most prominent voices inside the Trudeau government’s influential council of economic a...
Oct 23, 2016
Women in gender-parity cabinet reflect on first year as ministers
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed last year to bring gender parity - an equal number of men and women - to the federal cabinet, responding to a question about “why” with the...
Oct 23, 2016
'Room left to grow': Canada's first aboriginal justice minister one year in
OTTAWA - There is a gripping photograph of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau taken when newly elected Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould was sworn in as justice minister. The two politicians stare into each ...
Oct 23, 2016
Former Habs coach and Senator Jacques Demers released from hospital
OTTAWA - Senator and former Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Demers is back at home after going to hospital Saturday. His Senate office would only confirm that Demers, 72, was at home Sunday, but didn...
Oct 23, 2016
Protesters who refuse solid food take fight against Muskrat Falls to Ottawa
An Inuk artist protesting the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador says he’s lost more than eight kilograms after ten days of consuming nothing but water but is prepared to die for hi...
Oct 23, 2016
Conservative MP Steven Blaney joining party leadership race
QUEBEC - Conservative MP Steven Blaney is joining the party’s leadership race. Blaney, who had already filed his nomination papers on Wednesday, made an official announcement Sunday at the annua...
Oct 23, 2016
Belgium urged to break EU-Canada trade deadlock by Monday
BRUSSELS - If Belgium cannot break a deadlock over the European Union’s landmark free deal with Canada by Monday night, EU leaders will consider cancelling a signing ceremony scheduled for later...
Oct 23, 2016
Muskrat Falls: Protests, soaring costs and the making of a 'boondoggle'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Then-premier Kathy Dunderdale had a dismissive air when she rose in the legislature on Dec. 18, 2012, to answer another opposition question on Muskrat Falls. Her Progressive C...
Oct 23, 2016
University groups try to stave off offensive costumes in lead-up to Halloween
TORONTO - Geishas are out. Feathered headdresses are forbidden. And if you’re planning to wear a Bill Cosby or Caitlyn Jenner costume, you may not be welcome at your Halloween party of choice. A...
Oct 23, 2016