Category Archives: Canada
Montreal seeks right to appeal ruling that suspended pit bull-related measures
MONTREAL - Quebec’s highest court will rule whether Montreal can appeal a lower court decision that put its controversial pit bull measures on ice pending a legal challenge. Lawyers for the city...
Oct 14, 2016
Toronto woman allowed to return after residency revoked while abroad
TORONTO - A Toronto woman who has spent the past two months stranded in Russia after having her permanent residency status revoked while abroad will soon be coming home. Julia Yakobi’s daughter ...
Oct 14, 2016
Bella Bella fuel spill prompts B.C. premier to blast federal government
VANCOUVER - As crews scramble to contain and clean up a diesel spill in waters off British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest Premier Christy Clark lashed out Friday at the federal government̵...
Oct 14, 2016
Feds warned infrastructure cash could be lost without stricter vetting process
OTTAWA - The federal infrastructure minister was told earlier this year that the government needed to change how it doles out infrastructure cash to ensure billions in new spending doesn’t go to...
Oct 14, 2016
Federal justice minister pledges to appoint more judges 'in the near future'
HALIFAX - Canada’s justice minister says she’s poised to appoint a number of new judges to the bench following criticism from Alberta, where a first-degree murder charge was stayed because...
Oct 14, 2016
Trudeau says naysayers on Canada's carbon-tax plan using 'scare tactics'
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is aiming to counter the “political torque and misinformation” on the federal government’s controversial carbon-pricing pl...
Oct 14, 2016
Hurricane Nicole may bring waves but otherwise spare Atlantic Canada
HALIFAX - Environment Canada says Hurricane Nicole will lash the Grand Banks this weekend with gale-force wind and waves, but Atlantic Canada will otherwise be spared the violent storm that pounded Be...
Oct 14, 2016
Player suspended after Nova Scotia hockey player suffers head injury
TRENTON, N.S. - A junior hockey player from Cape Breton has been suspended for the rest of the season after an opposing player was hospitalized with brain bleeds and swelling. The Nova Scotia Junior H...
Oct 14, 2016
Church leaders, prominent architect pressure Cleveland Indians to change name
TORONTO - The Cleveland Indians faced growing pressure in Canada on Friday to ditch their name and mascot, including a court challenge. Douglas Cardinal, a prominent aboriginal architect, has filed an...
Oct 14, 2016
Canada gives another $2 million for Haiti hurricane relief
OTTAWA - Canada is contributing another $2 million to relief efforts in Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. This brings Canada’s contributions to more than $6 million. The government says th...
Oct 14, 2016