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Canada resettled more refugees than any other country in 2018, UN says
OTTAWA - The United Nations Refugee Agency says Canada admitted the largest number of resettled refugees last year and had the second highest rate of refugees who gained citizenship. The UNH...
Jun 19, 2019
U.S. ramps up concern over B.C. pollution; eight senators write to premier
Eight U.S. senators say Canadian mines in British Columbia are endangering cross-border rivers through a combination of poor environmental assessments and inadequate monitoring. "We remain concerned a...
Jun 19, 2019
Tax credits, penalizing big polluters, key to Conservative climate plan
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants to give corporate tax breaks to companies that develop and patent green technology in Canada and introduce another federal tax credit for residential e...
Jun 19, 2019
Groups launch challenge of Quebec's secularism bill one day after it becomes law
Less than 24 hours after it became law, groups representing Canadian Muslims and civil liberties advocates sought Monday to have Quebec's secularism legislation struck down as unco...
Jun 19, 2019
Paving of Sask. Drive in Melfort continues; road closures in effect
More road closures as paving of Saskatchewan Drive is underway in Melfort.The intersection of Main street and Saskatchewan Drive as well as Manitoba Street and Saskatchewan Drive will be closed while ...
Jun 19, 2019 The intersections of Sask. Drive and Main St., as well as Sask. Drive and Manitoba St. will be closed today. (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW)
Brothers of Winnipeg bus driver killed on the job call his death senseless
WINNIPEG - The brothers of a Winnipeg bus driver who was fatally stabbed on the job broke down in tears at a sentencing hearing today for the man who killed him. They said Irvine Jubal Fraser's d...
Jun 19, 2019
Senate committee extends deadline for inquiry into Mark Norman case
OTTAWA - A Senate committee has breathed new life into an inquiry into the failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, after the Conservative senator behind the probe reversed course and decided n...
Jun 19, 2019
Trudeau to talk China with Trump, set table for G20 summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday will be an opportunity to talk about China and global issues set to be discussed at n...
Jun 19, 2019
Acts of kindness emerge at chaotic Raptors rally derailed by shooting
TORONTO - When gunshots sparked panic and chaos at a massive outdoor celebration for Toronto's NBA champions this week, some fans caught in the stampede worked to keep others out of danger, at ti...
Jun 19, 2019
Governments earned $186M in pot taxes in 5 months of legalization: StatCan
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says federal and provincial governments earned $186 million in cannabis-related revenue in the first five-and-a-half months since legalization in October. The Ottawa-based a...
Jun 19, 2019