Category Archives: Canada
Experts warn of economic uncertainty until USMCA ratified; Dems cast doubts
WASHINGTON - Economic uncertainty will linger across North America unless and until a divided Congress approves the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, trade lawyers from both countries predicted Wednesday ...
Nov 14, 2018
Supreme Court hears case on migrant detainees' rights to challenge incarceration
OTTAWA - A man from Pakistan wants Canadian law to give migrants being held in detention the ability to challenge their imprisonment in front of a judge. The Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments We...
Nov 14, 2018
One year after hiking injury: Manitoba premier returns to the wilderness
WINNIPEG - A year after he was seriously injured on a wilderness hike in New Mexico, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has apparently conquered the same trail. Pallister’s press secretary says th...
Nov 14, 2018
Canada 'deeply concerned' over possible return of Rohingya to Myanmar
OTTAWA - Canada is raising concerns over reports that Rohingya refugees will soon return to Myanmar - the country in which they have been targets of what has been officially declared a genocide. Forei...
Nov 14, 2018
Halifax researchers say microbe reveals 'major new branch' of evolutionary tree
HALIFAX - A dirt sample taken from a wilderness area outside Halifax has led scientists at Dalhousie University to discover a new branch on the evolutionary tree of life. It turns out the small dirt s...
Nov 14, 2018
Expect no quick end to Canada-wide cannabis shortages, producers warn
The supply shortages that have plagued many provinces in the first month of legal cannabis will likely persist for years, industry insiders say. Provinces including British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba...
Nov 14, 2018
Many child killers have been placed in Indigenous healing lodges, stats show
OTTAWA - Newly released figures show the practice of placing child-killers in the federal prison service’s Indigenous healing lodges stretches back several years - well before the recent uproar ...
Nov 14, 2018
Mortgage risks fading thanks to higher rates, tougher rules: Bank of Canada
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada provided a closer look Wednesday at just how much stricter mortgage rules and higher interest rates have helped slow the entry of new households into the category of “...
Nov 14, 2018
Canada Post issues new offer to employees as eBay calls on Ottawa to end strikes
OTTAWA - Canada Post has issued what it calls a “time-limited” contract offer to its employees in hopes of ending rotating strikes that have created a historic backlog of undelivered parce...
Nov 14, 2018
NASA wants Canadian boots on the moon but feds still pondering space options
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government faced criticism Wednesday for a tepid response to the head of the U.S. space agency saying he wants to see Canadian astronauts walking on the moon in the near future. J...
Nov 14, 2018