Category Archives: Canada
Iconic Quebec City club accused of kicking out patrons for being 'too homosexual'
MONTREAL - One of Quebec City's iconic nightclubs is embroiled in a controversy over an alleged homophobic incident that pushed the club to fire an employee. A man says Le Dagobert nightclub kicked hi...
Jul 13, 2022
Here's what the 2021 census says about how many Canadians received COVID benefits
OTTAWA - New data released Wednesday provides the clearest snapshot yet of how many Canadians accessed the COVID-19 support programs the government hastily rolled out at the beginning of the pandemic....
Jul 13, 2022
Radio-Canada to appeal CRTC N-word decision and apologize to complainant
MONTREAL - Radio-Canada says it is appealing a CRTC decision ordering it to apologize over the on-air use of the N-word. The French arm of the CBC says the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunicat...
Jul 13, 2022
Ukrainian World Congress seeks judicial review of Canada's decision to send turbines
OTTAWA - The Ukrainian World Congress says it is seeking a judicial review of the Canadian government's decision to return six turbines for a pipeline that carries natural gas from Russia to Europe. T...
Jul 13, 2022
Trudeau announces deal for new electric-vehicle battery plant in Ontario
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa has reached a deal with Umicore, a global materials technology and recycling group, to build a new battery facility in Ontario's Loyalist Township. Speaking a...
Jul 13, 2022
More living alone, but roommates, multi-generational homes rising: census
TORONTO - Canada's latest tranche of census data show more people are living alone than ever before, but the number of households where roommates live together or multiple generations of a family shar...
Jul 13, 2022
Census figures paint statistical portrait of Canadian military members, veterans
OTTAWA - New data from the latest census reveals there were 97,625 Canadians serving in the military last year and another 461,240 former members. The figures released today by Statistics Canada are p...
Jul 13, 2022
Rogers to credit customers with equivalent of five days of service for outage
TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc. will compensate its customers for the massive outage that crippled its network last week by crediting them with the equivalent of five days of service as a first s...
Jul 13, 2022
Premiers wrap talks with no date for meeting with Ottawa on health care
VICTORIA - Canada's premiers have wrapped up talks in Victoria, B.C., frustrated that a date has yet to be set for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau focused on health care. The 13 premiers ...
Jul 13, 2022
Statistics Canada to release census data on changing makeup of Canadian families
TORONTO - Canadians will get a clearer picture this morning of what families in this country look like. Statistics Canada will release results today from the 2021 national census that examines who's l...
Jul 13, 2022