Category Archives: Canada

Cultural industries brace for digital onslaught amid clashing views
OTTAWA - The federal government faces stark differences of opinion over how best to help Canada’s cultural industries adapt to cyberspace, says an academic watching the unfolding public consulta...
Sep 13, 2016
National revenue minister asks CRA to investigate B.C. real estate speculators
OTTAWA - National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier has asked the Canada Revenue Agency to look into the actions of real estate speculators in B.C. following a newspaper investigation. The Globe an...
Sep 13, 2016

Scheer steps down as Opposition House leader as Tory leader race takes shape
OTTAWA - The Conservative leadership race is starting to take form as potential candidates seek support at the summer caucus retreat, bringing some contenders that much closer to making their move. ...
Sep 13, 2016
RCMP say review supports decision to lay no charges in fatal police shooting
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The grieving daughter of Don Dunphy still doesn’t know why a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer went alone to her father’s home on Easter Sunday 2015 for a me...
Sep 13, 2016
Late summer weather to linger in much of Canada, says The Weather Network
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Autumn will bring near to above seasonal temperatures across much of Canada, according to this year’s Fall Forecast from The Weather Network. It says late summer weather is expe...
Sep 13, 2016
Chatty Newfoundland fugitive turns himself in after responding to police posting
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland man who promised in a Facebook post to turn himself in on five arrest warrants has kept his word. The story played out on social media Monday for all to read wh...
Sep 13, 2016

Two Canadians make short list for prestigious Man Booker Prize
Canadian author Madeleine Thien said she was feeling “pretty wonderful” to have her novel “Do Not Say We Have Nothing” shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize on Tuesd...
Sep 13, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Sept. 13
Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- NDP AND CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS MEETINGS BEING TODAY Both the Conservatives and NDP begin summer caucus meetings today. In Montreal,the NDP faces ...
Sep 13, 2016

Alberta's Notley says minimum wage increases timely, will not lead to job losses
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says it was time to lock in minimum wage increases that guarantee workers will be paid $15 an hour by 2018. The government has had extensive discussions with s...
Sep 13, 2016

Mother of slain Montreal student remembers her 10 years after shooting
MONTREAL - As Louise Hevey De Sousa stood outside the junior college where her daughter was murdered and 16 other people injured by a gunman 10 years ago, she talked about what she missed most about A...
Sep 13, 2016