It may be time to eliminate Canada’s only elected park board: expert
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Vancouver is the only city in Canada with an elected park board and after its decision on Monday night to ban new cetaceans at the Vancouver Aquarium, there are suggestions it...
View ArticleUS makes good on promise to renegotiate NAFTA
WASHINGTON, DC. (NEWS 1130) – The United States has officially indicated its desire to renegotiate the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement, triggering a 90-day consultation window before formal...
View ArticleMedical journal warns Canada’s pot laws will harm health of young people
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – The head of one of the country’s top medical publications is pushing federal politicians to vote against the bill that will legalize recreational marijuana in Canada by next...
View ArticleAir pollution results in 7,700 premature deaths in Canada each year: report
OTTAWA, ON.(NEWS 1130) – Air pollution cost Canadian families an estimated $36 billion in 2015 due to premature death and illness, a new research report says. The report, Costs of Pollution in Canada,...
View ArticleCanadian ‘impacted’ by London terror attacks
OTTAWA – The High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom is confirming that a Canadian has been “impacted” by last night’s deadly terrorist attack in London. A commission official could offer no...
View Article‘We will not be intimidated,” says Ottawa after London attacks
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – Canada’s public safety minister is weighing in on security within our borders after a Canadian was one of seven people killed in the brutal terror attack in London over the...
View ArticleCanada can’t rely on the US for protection, says foreign affairs minister
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – Canada’s foreign affairs minister stood in the House of Commons this morning to outline the country’s priorities when it comes to foreign policy. And a big boost to defense...
View ArticleIt’s time to talk about terror in Canada
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – The recent horror in London is a sad reminder that it’s likely a question of when, not if, terrorism will revisit Canada. It might even be soon. With Mosul about to fall and...
View ArticleOttawa expected to spend big on the nation’s military
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – The Trudeau government is about to make the case for billions of dollars in new military spending. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is set to reveal the government’s defence...
View ArticleCanada human rights plans fraught with peril, say experts and activists
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – Luis Fernando Monroy has literally found himself in the crosshairs of a Canadian foreign policy dilemma: Is Canada truly living up to its commitment to protecting ethnic and...
View ArticleNew book devoted to Canada’s Sherlock Holmes
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The story of Vancouver’s very first forensic investigator is the subject of a new book. “Blood Sweat and Fear,” is the latest from historian Eve Lazarus. She is devoting an...
View ArticleTrudeau to change name of National Aboriginal Day
OTTAWA – The federal government intends to rename National Aboriginal Day as National Indigenous Peoples Day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. Canadians come together on this day to...
View ArticleUS not committed to completing NAFTA talks by end of 2017: Trump’s trade czar
OTTAWA – The US trade representative says he’s not committed to wrapping up NAFTA’s renegotiation by year’s end. Robert Lighthizer tells a Senate committee in Washington today that he wants to move as...
View ArticleSenators defy PM, delete escalator tax on booze from federal budget
OTTAWA – The Senate has given final approval to the federal government’s budget — but with amendments that would delete the so-called escalator tax on booze. The amended version of the budget...
View ArticleVoters in Canada, US willing to vote for diverse candidate: poll
VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) – Canadians and Americans say they’re willing to vote for a more diverse candidate for upper office, at least that’s according to a new poll by the Angus Reid Institute. However,...
View ArticleCanada in the right on softwood dispute, will keep working with US: Trudeau
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his Liberal government will continue to work with the US administration to find a resolution to the latest chapter of the long-running...
View ArticleMassive maple leaf takes over Stanley Park field
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – There is one big ol’ Canadian flag at Stanley Park right now. The people behind this massive maple leaf still need to send the numbers to the Guinness Book of World Records to...
View ArticleWidow goes after money Canada will give ex-Gitmo prisoner
TORONTO – The lawyer for the widow of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan said they have filed an application so that any money paid by the Canadian government to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner...
View ArticleCanada adds 45,300 jobs, unemployment rate dips
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – The Canadian labour market beat expectations yet again last month by adding 45,300 positions, says Statistics Canada. BC added 20,000 full-time jobs in June, lost 300...
View ArticleAstronaut Julie Payette to be appointed Canada’s 29th Governor General
OTTAWA – Former astronaut Julie Payette will be Canada’s next Governor General. Payette will become the 29th person to hold the position, and the fourth female to be the monarch’s representative in...
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