Category Archives: Canada
GM job cuts, closures not a symptom of Trump's trade agenda, analysts say
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s tariff battles with Canada, Mexico, China and Europe have inflated the cost of steel, making it more expensive to build cars in North America, but General Motors̵...
Nov 27, 2018
Day parole granted to woman convicted in Stefanie Rengel killing
KITCHENER, Ont. - A young woman who sexually blackmailed her boyfriend into killing a 14-year-old girl she saw as a rival more than a decade ago must report any relationships she has with men while li...
Nov 27, 2018
Syrian man stranded for months at airport in Malaysia arrives in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A Syrian man who was stranded for seven months at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport arrived in Vancouver on Monday night. Hassan Al Kontar thanked his friends and his lawyer in a vide...
Nov 26, 2018
Gov. Gen. Julie Payette joins Bear Clan Patrol on first Manitoba visit
WINNIPEG - Members of a neighbourhood patrol group stood on a street in Winnipeg and told Gov. Gen. Julie Payette about how a young woman overdosed in a nearby house. Payette saw first-hand the realit...
Nov 26, 2018
Elizabeth May says she's engaged: 'I had a crush on him, he had a crush on me'
VICTORIA - Green party Leader Elizabeth May is engaged and is making plans for a wedding next spring. May said Monday she and John Kidder will be married in Victoria on April 22 and are planning a tra...
Nov 26, 2018
O'Leary holds campaign-style event with Scheer, says it's time to 'fire and hire'
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s campaign for prime minister next year will get some star power from businessman Kevin O’Leary, the two said in Toronto Monday. O’Leary ra...
Nov 26, 2018
Former McGill hospital manager pleads guilty in SNC-Lavalin bribery case
MONTREAL - A former manager at the McGill University Health Centre pleaded guilty Monday to accepting a $10-million bribe in return for helping engineering firm SNC-Lavalin win the contract to build a...
Nov 26, 2018
Winnipeg man gets $1 million prize after Jets star scores five goals in one game
WINNIPEG - A five-goal performance by the Winnipeg Jets’ Patrik Laine on the weekend has netted a Winnipeg man a $1 million prize. Retail grocer Sobeys automatically draws names of customers bef...
Nov 26, 2018
Regina police won't release RCMP review of investigation in laundry chute death
Regina’s police chief says an RCMP review into how his officers investigated the death of a woman who plunged 10 storeys down a hotel laundry chute won’t be released, a decision that upset...
Nov 26, 2018
Top two B.C. legislature officials deny wrongdoing, want to go back to work
VANCOUVER - The two top officials in British Columbia’s legislature say they’re humiliated after being placed on administrative leave and don’t know what they’ve done to provok...
Nov 26, 2018