Canada

Join UN Women Canada National Committee at the 2012 World Partnership Walk to Fight Global Poverty

23 May 2012

MONTREAL, QUEBEC-- - UN Women Canada National Committee encourages Canadians to participate in the World Partnership Walk in their respective city, to advance the cause of alleviating global poverty and ...

Canada's refusal to arrest George W. Bush cited in Amnesty's human rights report

23 May 2012

OTTAWA - Canada's failure to arrest former U.S. president George W. Bush during a visit to B.C. is cited by Amnesty International in its annual report on human rights atrocities around the globe.

Canada retail sales signal modest growth

23 May 2012

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian retail sales bounced back in March after a weak February, but sales looked soft excluding the auto sector, and the figures sent mixed signals about first-quarter growth. The 0.4 percent increase in retail sales, reported by Statistics Canada on Wednesday, showed consumers spent more after a weak start to the year, but did not quite resume their 2011 role as the main ...