CANADA

Palbinder Kaur Shergill, Indian-origin Sikh human rights advocate has been appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in New Westminster.Shergill will be the first turbaned Sikh to be appointed to the judiciary in Canada, the World Sikh Organisation (WSO) of Canada said. Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of...

The much waited trade pact between the European Union and Canada were signed, ending days of drama after a small Belgian region has refused to endorse the agreement and has deeply embarrassed the EU. The long-delayed Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement was delayed by yet another hold up early...

The European Union’s hopes of signing a free-trade agreement with Canada is on a knife-edge after Belgium announced that it could not sign the treaty due to the opposition from regional parliaments. The Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel, has announced that Belgium is not ready to sign the EU-Canada...

Idea of a guaranteed minimum annual income for Canadians moves a small step closer to reality this week. Former Conservative Senator Hugh Segal will deliver a report on how the "basic income pilot" announced in Ontario's February budget may work. The Ontario government has earmarked $25 million in this...

Possible job action by Canada Post workers has been delayed for 24 hours. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has made the announcement in a statement. “We’ve amended our notice in a last-ditch effort to reach a negotiated agreement before we are forced to start working to rule,” said CUPW...

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi has written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau requesting for Ottawa's help in defraying the considerable cost of housing the critters at Calgary's zoo in two years. "As a fellow lover of cute cuddly panda cubs and having observed with envy your recent opportunity to...

Mel Hurtig is remembered as a fierce nationalist and devoted father who published The Canadian Encyclopedia. Hurtig died at the age of 84, surrounded by his daughters after a short bout of pneumonia in a Vancouver hospital. Born in Edmonton in 1932, Hurtig has opened the city's first independent bookstore...