Category Archives: Canada
Clock to begin on potential Nova Scotia teachers strike after report filed
HALIFAX - The countdown to a potential strike by Nova Scotia’s 9,000 unionized teachers has begun now that a conciliator’s report has been filed on their contract dispute with the provinci...
Oct 18, 2016
Belgian foreign minister's Twitter hacked, profane message sent aimed at Canada
OTTAWA - The Belgian government says a profane Twitter message featuring a photo of former prime minister Stephen Harper is the work of hackers, not their foreign affairs minister. Someone accessed th...
Oct 18, 2016
Mystery behind fatal plane crash poses particular challenge for investigators
VANCOUVER - Federal investigators have an especially challenging mystery on their hands piecing together what caused a small jet to crash last Thursday shortly after taking off from a British Columbia...
Oct 18, 2016
'Horribly sick kids:' Arctic regions have highest infant lung infection in world
Research shows newborn babies in some Arctic regions have the highest rates of serious lung infections ever recorded in medical literature. A paper published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Associatio...
Oct 18, 2016
Native group, Ontario and feds reach agreement in principle on land claim
OTTAWA - The Algonquins of Ontario have signed an agreement in principle with Ontario and the federal government which they say marks a major step towards settlement of a long-standing land claim. The...
Oct 18, 2016
Progress report on Justin Trudeau's election campaign promises, one year later
OTTAWA - When it comes to keeping promises, Canadians know full well that politicians are not at all like Horton, the Dr. Seuss character who “meant what I said and I said what I meant: an eleph...
Oct 18, 2016
Ontario law society temporarily suspends lawyer after charges of sexual assault
TORONTO - A Toronto lawyer accused of sexually assaulting three teenage girls has had his licence temporarily suspended. The Law Society Tribunal says Francois Lesieur won’t be allowed to practi...
Oct 18, 2016
Cut climate change funding for developing countries, use it in Canada: Wall
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says the federal government should consider cutting money intended to help developing countries tackle climate change and using it for research in Canada that c...
Oct 18, 2016
Mulroney no fan of Trump but says Canada to lose if Democrats control the Senate
MONTREAL - Brian Mulroney is no fan of Donald Trump’s promise to rip up NAFTA, but the former prime minister says Hillary Clinton’s shift to the left is bad for Canadian trade, especially ...
Oct 18, 2016
Quebec hires ex-ambassador to United States to help in softwood lumber dispute
Quebec has hired a former Canadian ambassador to the United States to represent its interests in the difficult softwood lumber negotiations between Canada and its southern neighbour. Raymond Chretien ...
Oct 18, 2016