Category Archives: Canada
Vancouver expo shows breadth, growth of Canadian marijuana industry
VANCOUVER - A two day marijuana exhibition in Vancouver is giving people an idea of just how large and varied Canada’s cannabis industry has become - and where it could grow next. More than 100 ...
Sep 18, 2016
Autoworker union still in talks with GM as contract expiration looms
TORONTO - A spokeswoman for Unifor says there has been some progress in the union’s negotiations with General Motors. The union’s contract with the Detroit Three automakers - GM, Ford and ...
Sep 18, 2016
Halifax transgender teenager finds 'family' in football team
HALIFAX - About three months ago, Kenny Cooley nervously signed his name on a sign-up sheet to tryout for boys tackle football. His anxiety about tryouts were not that of a typical teenager. Cooley is...
Sep 18, 2016
Byelection set for Alberta to replace Conservative MP who died in March
OTTAWA - A date for a federal byelection in Alberta has been set following the death of Conservative M-P Jim Hillyer. The vote in the Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner riding will be held on Monday, Oct. 2...
Sep 18, 2016
In UN speech, PM will present his economic agenda as antidote to angry politics
NEW YORK - Justin Trudeau will use his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly this week to present his brand of economics as an antidote to the angry nationalist politics flaring up on di...
Sep 18, 2016
Wounded NDP explores ways to raise cash, woo progressive voters back to fold
OTTAWA - The federal NDP will turn to its network of social activists to woo progressives back to the party fold this fall, according to the party’s new national director. Nearly a year after th...
Sep 18, 2016
Ambrose suggests UN Security Council seat is motivating the peacekeeping mission
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are planning to push the Liberals to better define their plans for a United Nations peacekeeping mission - and their reason for taking one on. “There is no peace to ke...
Sep 18, 2016
A look at priorities, challenges facing Liberals, Conservatives, NDP
OTTAWA - Parliament reopens for business Monday after a 12-week summer break. Here’s a look at the priorities the three main political parties have staked out and the challenges each faces in wh...
Sep 18, 2016

Parliament resumes with government facing tough choices, stagnant economy
OTTAWA - Now for the hard part. After 10 months of a prolonged honeymoon, consultations on dozens of difficult issues and soaring rhetoric that suggested anything is possible, Justin Trudeau’s L...
Sep 18, 2016
Quebec teens arrested after allegedly planning to kill acquaintances
SAINT HYACINTHE, Pq - Two Quebec teens have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and assault in an alleged plot against three of their peers. The suspects, ages 14 and 16, were arrested in Sa...
Sep 18, 2016