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Industry minister to meet General Motors CEO on Oshawa plant closure
OTTAWA - Canada's industry minister will meet with General Motors CEO Mary Barra on Monday to urge her to find a solution for the auto giant's soon-to-be-shuttered plant in Oshawa. Ont. A spokesw...
Jan 11, 2019
Canadian turned back in attempt to visit dissident father in Chinese prison
OTTAWA - Ti-Anna Wang was one passport stamp away from seeing her imprisoned father in a Chinese prison before her dream was shattered yet again. On Wednesday, the Montreal woman arrived in southern C...
Jan 11, 2019
Canadian turned back in attempt to visit dissident father in Chinese prison
OTTAWA - Ti-Anna Wang was one passport stamp away from seeing her imprisoned father in a Chinese prison before her dream was shattered yet again. On Wednesday, the Montreal woman arrived in southern C...
Jan 11, 2019
Several injuries in Ottawa bus crash, no immediate word of fatalities
OTTAWA - Several people were seriously injured Friday when a double-decker city bus struck a transit shelter in Ottawa on Friday afternoon, police said. Photos posted on Twitter showed extensive damag...
Jan 11, 2019
Several injuries in Ottawa bus crash, no immediate word of fatalities
Ottawa police say several people were seriously injured when a double-decker city bus struck a transit shelter in Ottawa this afternoon. The Ottawa Paramedic Service says there are multiple critical i...
Jan 11, 2019
Five things about what Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun was running from in Saudi Arabia
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada would accept 18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun as a refugee after she fled Saudi Arabia for Thailand and launched a Twitter campaig...
Jan 11, 2019
Five things about what Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun was running from in Saudi Arabia
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada would accept 18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun as a refugee after she fled Saudi Arabia for Thailand and launched a Twitter campaig...
Jan 11, 2019
Caroline Neron, celebrity jewel queen and former 'Dragon,' dethroned in Quebec
MONTREAL - News that celebrity Quebec jewelry-maker Caroline Neron filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday is shining a harsh light on the qualifications of stars chosen for the province's French-lan...
Jan 11, 2019
'The door has widened': senator hears of mounting sterilization concerns
OTTAWA - Increased national awareness about coerced sterilization of Indigenous women has resulted in mounting concerns about other vulnerable women who may have been endured the practice, a...
Jan 11, 2019
'The door has widened': senator hears of mounting sterilization concerns
OTTAWA - Increased national awareness about coerced sterilization of Indigenous women has resulted in mounting concerns about other vulnerable women who may have been endured the practice, a...
Jan 11, 2019
