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Canada Announces Further Sanctions Against Russia

Canada Announces Further Sanctions Against Russia

Canada September 17, 2014 at 5:57 pm 0 comments

Toronto, Canada has imposed further economic sanctions and travel bans against Russia in support of Ukraine, Canadia’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Tuesday. Since the start of the Ukraine crisis, Canada has imposed economic sanctions against hundreds of Russian companies, institutions and individuals, Xinhua reported. This time, Canada isRead More

Mike Duffy trial date could be set next week

Mike Duffy trial date could be set next week

Breaking news, Canada September 16, 2014 at 5:37 pm 0 comments

Ottawa, Donald Bayne, lawyer for Mike Duffy, made a brief court appearance this morning and says he hopes to set a trial date for the suspended senator at another court meeting next week. Duffy was not in the court. In July, the RCMP charged the former Conservative senator with 31Read More

Tory criticized for pulling out of more mayoral debates

Tory criticized for pulling out of more mayoral debates

Canada, slider September 16, 2014 at 5:35 pm 0 comments

Toronto, John Tory has become the target of heavy criticism for the second time this week after pulling out of more mayoral debates. A debate on the future of Toronto’s waterfront, hosted by the Waterfront Business Improvement Area and the Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Association, was scheduled to take place atRead More

Harper urged to use UN speech to push for progress on health of poor kids, moms

Canada September 16, 2014 at 5:35 pm 0 comments

Ottawa, The United Nations Children’s Fund is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to use his coming speech at the General Assembly to push for progress on saving young mothers and newborns in the developing world. The call for action comes as UNICEF released a report Tuesday morning that showedRead More

B.C. teachers’ strike : Tentative deal reached on fifth day of talks

Canada September 16, 2014 at 5:34 pm 0 comments

Richmond/B.C. – A tentative deal has been reached in the British Columbia teachers’ strike, a mediator confirmed Tuesday. The breakthrough in negotiations came on the fifth day of talks at a Richmond, B.C., hotel between the union and the employers’ association with the help of Vince Ready. Ready, known forRead More

Canada to send protective equipment to help West African Ebola outbreak

Canada September 16, 2014 at 5:34 pm 0 comments

Toronto, Canada is donating $2.5 million worth of the specialized medical gear used to protect health-care workers who are treating Ebola patients in West Africa, the federal government announced late Monday. Health Minister Rona Ambrose said the equipment — known as personal protective equipment or PPE — will be givenRead More

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford undergoes lung biopsy

Canada September 16, 2014 at 5:34 pm 0 comments

Toronto, Rob Ford is waiting for the results of a lung biopsy following a scope conducted Monday. The Toronto mayor, who was hospitalized and diagnosed with an abdominal tumour last week, is waiting for test results to determine the severity of his tumour. Right now, it’s unclear whether the massRead More

Jim Prentice to be sworn in as Alberta premier

Jim Prentice to be sworn in as Alberta premier

Breaking news, Canada September 15, 2014 at 5:02 pm 0 comments

Edmonton, Alberta is to officially get a new premier today. Jim Prentice is to be sworn in as the 16th leader of the province this afternoon by Alberta’s lieutenant governor during a ceremony at Government House in Edmonton. His cabinet members, whose names have yet to be revealed, will also beRead More

Tickets to Toronto Pan-Am Games go on sale today

Canada September 15, 2014 at 5:01 pm 0 comments

Toronto, Tickets for next year’s Pan Am Games — including the opening ceremony, a one-night-only show by Cirque du Soleil — go on sale this morning. Sports fans can request tickets to watch 41 countries from the Americas and the Caribbean fight for the gold in Toronto and other OntarioRead More

Jaye Robinson backs John Tory for mayor

Canada September 15, 2014 at 5:00 pm 0 comments

Toronto, Coun. Jaye Robinson threw her support behind mayoral candidate John Tory Monday, saying she believes that his transit plan is the best for the city and that he will be able to work with others. “John’s got a plan. He knows that transit is one of our number oneRead More