Category Archives: Canada
Armed forces looking into deaths of four military college students or graduates
TORONTO - Canada’s armed forces says it’s looking into a recent spate of deaths involving students or recent graduates from the Royal Military College. Four men have died since April, prom...
Aug 31, 2016

China gives Canada reprieve in canola dispute by extending deadline
BEIJING - China says it will lift a fast-approaching deadline to introduce rule changes on Canadian canola shipments that threatened to inflict damage on the multibillion-dollar sector. Starting Thurs...
Aug 31, 2016
RCMP reviewing report on investigation into police shooting of N.L. man
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The RCMP in Newfoundland and Labrador says it is reviewing a report from the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team into the shooting death of Don Dunphy. In a statement Wedne...
Aug 31, 2016

Envoy lists snags to Canada-China free trade: labour, environment and investment
BEIJING - Formal free trade talks between Canada and China have yet to proceed because of snags over labour, the environment and concerns linked to Chinese state-owned enterprises, says Ottawa’s...
Aug 31, 2016

Industrial milk price hike likely to be passed down to consumers at restaurants
TORONTO - Restaurateurs are crying foul over a second industrial milk price increase this year set to take effect Thursday, which they say will likely lead to higher food prices. In July, the Canadian...
Aug 31, 2016
Newfoundland to provide naloxone kits to counter effects of opioid overdoses
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it will spend $180,000 on a province-wide program to counter the effects of opioid overdoses. Provincial Health Minister John Hag...
Aug 31, 2016
Trudeau says Canada seeking to join controversial Chinese infrastructure bank
BEIJING - Justin Trudeau has announced plans to apply for a controversial new international infrastructure bank led by China - an initiative Ottawa insists will provide a boost to global and Canadian ...
Aug 31, 2016
Alberta man gets life in prison for double shooting in U.S.
KALISPELL, Mont. - A Canadian man convicted of shooting his ex-girlfriend and a man during what U.S. prosecutors say was a jealous rage has been sentenced to life in prison in Montana. The Flathead Be...
Aug 31, 2016

Justin Trudeau debuts on Marvel cover alongside Canadian superheroes, Iron Man
TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has officially entered the Marvel universe - and the boxing ring - as a newly minted comic cover star. Trudeau appears on the variant cover of issue No. 5 of Ma...
Aug 31, 2016

US evaluating Taliban video of captive couple in Afghanistan
KABUL - The U.S. State Department said Tuesday it is evaluating a video released by the Afghan Taliban showing a Canadian man and his American wife warning that their Afghan captors will kill them and...
Aug 31, 2016