Bitter cold hits parts of Canada
December 30, 2017 8:34 am gmt |
Bone-chilling weather has been hitting Canada, with the Toronto Star reporting on Friday (December 29) that the daytime high was expected to reach minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) but that it will actually feel like 23 below Celsius (nearly minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit). Toronto reside...
Justin Trudeau's visit could help overcome irritants in India-Canada ties
December 26, 2017 10:17 am gmt |
A flourishing relationship between India and Canada ought to be a no-brainer given the common threads that run through the two democracies. Instead, this underperforming engagement continues to be a head-scratcher for analysts on both sides. That could change with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trude...
Christmas Message: Justin Trudeau Urges Canadian to make Different in 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking Canadians to reach out to their neighbours as they celebrate the holidays. In his annual Christmas address to the nation, Trudeau urges people to make a difference, by volunteering, lending a hand to someone or simply listening to others. Trudeau says Canadians...
Winter weather across Canada could make holiday travel a challenge
Weather disturbances across Canada are threatening to make Christmas travel difficult during the next few days. Heavy snow and high winds are expected across the Atlantic Provinces and parts of Quebec, freezing rain will drizzle down in Ontario, and bitter cold will affect northern areas of British C...
Canada pays tribute to billionaire couple after mysterious deaths
Thousands of Canadians attended a memorial service for Toronto pharmaceuticals billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife Honey Sherman on Thursday, less than a week after news of their mysterious deaths shocked the nation. The service was attended by Canada's elite, including Prime Minister Justin...
Billionaires' death in Toronto; homicide detectives to investigate the issue
Toronto homicide detectives have taken over the investigation of the deaths of billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife, Honey, as authorities identified the couple as the two people found dead in a north Toronto mansion on Friday. Police called the deaths of the pharmaceutical magnate and his wife sus...
A "major" snowstorm alert issued: People are warned to avoid unnecessary travels
A meteorologist with Environment Canada says the first "major" snowstorm of the season in Newfoundland and Labrador has covered part of the province in a thick layer of snow. Rodney Barney said blizzard and winter storm warnings have been issued in parts of the Avalon Peninsula and around...
Pharmaceutical billionaire found dead in Canada home: reports
The founder of pharmaceutical company Apotex, Barry Sherman, and his wife, Honey Sherman, were found dead in their Toronto, Ontario home, Canadian media reported on Friday (December 15). "I am beyond words right now. My dear friends Barry and Honey Sherman have been found dead. Wonderful human ...
Governments publish progress report on first anniversary of made-in-Canada climate plan
December 10, 2017 12:16 pm gmt |
The Governments of Canada and British Columbia announced the first annual progress report on the implementation of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, the first pan-Canadian plan to address climate change. The plan puts the country on the path to reducing carbon pollution, ...
Justin Trudeau, the First Canadian Prime Minister Appear on Gay Magazine 'Attitude'
December 9, 2017 9:04 am gmt |
Justin Trudeau has made history as the first Canadian Prime Minister to appear on the cover of an international LGBT magazine. Trudeau has been featured on the cover of Attitude magazine, the UK's best-selling and award-winning gay magazine. This isn't the first time Trudeau has publicly shown ...
Trudeau says China-Canada trade deal needs to be 'mutually beneficial'
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said any trade deal with China will have to be mutually beneficial, showing no signs of compromising on domestic interests on Thursday (December 7) at the Fortune Global Forum in Guangzhou, China. Despite leaving his trade minister in Beijing to salvage early ta...
"Still we love Canada", Deported Sri Lankan family Express their feel
A Sri Lankan family who spent five years in Canada was deported Sunday despite appeals to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to issue a reprieve. Their flight took off from Montreal's Trudeau airport Sunday evening. Before leaving their home in Parc-Extension, Robert Lawrence, the father of t...
On Trudeau's 2nd trip to China, time may be ripe to advance free trade
December 3, 2017 10:55 am gmt |
Justin Trudeau lifted off for China late Saturday afternoon after spending part of the day in British Columbia to campaign with the Liberal candidate in a local byelection. The prime minister joined Gordon Hogg in South Surrey-White Rock, a riding the party hopes to take away from the Conservatives. ...
Canada province urges shopkeepers to stop saying 'Bonjour-Hi'
December 2, 2017 12:04 pm gmt |
The unofficial greeting in the bilingual Canadian city of Montreal has long been a friendly "Bonjour, Hi!" But that standard is no more since a motion mandating store clerks to greet customers only in French was passed in Quebec's provincial legislature. The move reaffirms French as...
Victim of deadly Brampton crash identified as elementary school teacher
The victim of a fatal overnight collision in Brampton has been identified as a 42-year-old Catholic elementary school teacher. Leo Abraham of Caledon was driving home from a Toronto FC game when the collision occurred. According to a friend, the two had gone together but taken separate vehicles. The ...
Trudeau Apologies Openly to the LGBTQ Community
November 30, 2017 11:48 am gmt |
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday took steps to mend the nation's fractured relationship with its own LGBT community. In the House of Commons, he issued a lengthy, formal apology to gay Canadians who'd been fired from their jobs and the military during the Cold War. Trudeau, who teare...
$100M for gay purge victims as PM apologizes for LGBTQ discrimination
November 28, 2017 12:14 pm gmt |
The Trudeau government has earmarked more than $100 million to compensate members of the military and other federal agencies whose careers were sidelined or ended due to their sexual orientation, The Canadian Press has learned. The money will be paid out as part of a class-action lawsuit settlement t...
Terrorists returning to Canada can be rehabilitated with careful effort, expert insists
A leading researcher on terrorist travellers says returnees to Canada can be rehabilitated, as those who come back to their home countries are often disillusioned or traumatized. Lorne Dawson, sociology professor at the University of Waterloo, says others feel they have done their duty to defend Musl...
Missing teen caught taking wrong turn at Canada border crossing after cops discover body Believed to be grandmother
A Florida teen wanted in connection with the death of his grandmother was busted in upstate New York after taking a wrong turn toward Canada, authorities said. Logan Mott, 15, and his grandmother, Kristina French, were reported missing earlier this week after failing to pick up the teen's father and ...