Category Archives: Canada

Government spending in limbo as Tories, Liberals continue game of chicken in House
OTTAWA - The federal government is asking Parliament for approval to spend billions of dollars, but the ongoing stalemate in the House of Commons could prevent the Liberals from getting the green ligh...
Nov 19, 2024

Canada Post, union sit down with mediator, but still 'far apart' as strike drags on
MONTREAL - Representatives from Canada Post and the postal workers union sat down with a special mediator Monday, but seem no closer to reaching a deal as a countrywide strike enters its fifth day. In...
Nov 19, 2024

Transportation Safety Board investigating after plane goes off runway in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board says it's investigating after a Boeing 767 cargo jet went off a runway at Vancouver International Airport. The airport says the Cargojet flight went off the...
Nov 19, 2024

Toyota Highlander tops list of most stolen vehicles in 2023: Équité Association
TORONTO - An insurance crime and fraud prevention group says the Toyota Highlander was the most stolen vehicle in 2023, dethroning the Honda CR-V as the nation's top stolen car for two years in a row....
Nov 19, 2024

Report finds 1 in 5 newcomers leave Canada within 25 years, calls for retention plan
OTTAWA - One in five immigrants who come to Canada ultimately leave for another country within 25 years, with about one-third of those people moving on within the first five years. The findings come f...
Nov 19, 2024

From atmospheric river to bomb cyclone, here are the ABCs of weather terminology
A series of meteorological terms associated with extreme weather have become popularized in recent years. Here's how some of them are defined by the American Meteorological Society: BOMB CYCLONE A sto...
Nov 19, 2024

Trudeau says G20 leaders' statement on Ukraine is not strong enough
RIO DE JANEIRO, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the final leaders' statement from the G20 summit in Brazil is not strong enough on the war in Ukraine. He is also expressing some concern abou...
Nov 19, 2024

Statistics Canada set to release October inflation figures today
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to release its October consumer price index report this morning. Economists polled by Reuters expect the annual inflation rate rose to 1.9 per cent last month, a...
Nov 19, 2024

A 'bomb cyclone' sounds scary but meteorologist says it's not alarmist
VANCOUVER - The use of terms including "atmospheric rivers" and "bomb cyclones" to describe weather phenomena has moved out of scientific journals and into the mainstream in recent years, but meteorol...
Nov 19, 2024

Enforcement officers expected to testify as human smuggling trial continues
FERGUS FALLS - Law enforcement officers are expected to testify as the trial continues for two men accused of human smuggling at the Canada-US border. Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel are accused of b...
Nov 19, 2024