Category Archives: Canada

Head of missing women's inquiry says 'concrete' recommendations needed
VANCOUVER - When Marion Buller looks back on the Saskatchewan First Nation territory where she spent her summers growing up, some of her childhood friends are no longer there. They are aboriginal wome...
Aug 31, 2016

Canada's move to control fentanyl chemicals not enough to stem crisis: expert
VANCOUVER - Canada’s plans to restrict six chemicals used to make fentanyl will only increase demands for a more dangerous replacement if other steps to stem a national opioid crisis are not tak...
Aug 31, 2016
Quebec MP running for Tory leadership says he'll push for pipeline projects
SASKATOON - One of the candidates vying for the leadership of the federal Conservative Party says he opposes a federal carbon tax. Quebec MP Maxime Bernier was in Saskatoon on Wednesday and also says ...
Aug 31, 2016
Quebec government working group recommends most pit bull owners keep dogs
QUEBEC - The vast majority of pit bull owners across Quebec will get to keep their animal if the provincial government takes up the recommendations published Wednesday by a working group tasked with s...
Aug 31, 2016
Montreal puppet show organizers apologize after inappropriate song played
MONTREAL - Organizers of a Montreal-area puppet show found themselves apologizing to the public after a song about prison rape was performed during a family-friendly show where children were present. ...
Aug 31, 2016
35 Hells Angels members in Quebec have their prison sentences reduced
MONTREAL - Thirty-five Hells Angels members who pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of conspiracy to commit murder have had their sentences reduced by between six and eight years. A Quebec Superior Co...
Aug 31, 2016
Canadian buildings to be illuminated for Stand up To Cancer benefit
TORONTO - More than 90 historic buildings and landmarks across Canada and the United States will be illuminated next week in the colours of a cancer fundraiser. Stand Up To Cancer will be airing in bo...
Aug 31, 2016
CBC to stop playing ads on Radio 2 and ICI Musique after CRTC decision
TORONTO - The CBC will not be permitted to play paid advertisements on two of its radio networks as of Thursday. The CRTC rejected the CBC’s application for an extension that would have allowed ...
Aug 31, 2016

Gaps leave children at risk of online exploitation, federal study warns
OTTAWA - There are “serious gaps” - in resources, training and research - in efforts to protect young people from online sexual exploitation, warns a study prepared for the federal governm...
Aug 31, 2016
Conservatives: dire economic data undermine Liberal promises of growth
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives and the NDP seized on Wednesday’s news of grim second-quarter economic growth as evidence that the Liberal government’s election promises of jobs and ...
Aug 31, 2016