Category Archives: Canada
Statistics Canada's request for banking data prompts privacy investigation
OTTAWA - Federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says he is investigating Statistics Canada’s request for private banking information on 500,000 Canadians. Therrien said Wednesday that nume...
Oct 31, 2018
Union leaders say proposed pay equity legislation will close 'shameful' gap
OTTAWA - The new pay-equity law the federal Liberals are proposing should close Canada’s “shameful” gender gap and private-sector employers should follow the government’s examp...
Oct 31, 2018
Federal Liberals aim to add personal leave days as Ontario cuts them back
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government plans to give about 900,000 Canadian workers more paid personal-leave days, in a proposal that seems designed to goad the Ontario government into an argument over worke...
Oct 31, 2018
Canada Border Services Agency asked to speed up refugee removals
OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency should speed up its removals of failed refugee claimants who are still in Canada, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says. The CBSA has set a new target of...
Oct 31, 2018
Remote Arctic wildlife area benefits from U.S foundation funding pledge
A northern national wildlife area is benefiting from a billion-dollar pledge from an American charitable organization. The Wyss Foundation, a private conservation group, says it will spend C$750,000 o...
Oct 31, 2018
Crown seeks maximum sentence for pilot who targeted 'spinal column' of Hydro-Quebec
ST-JEROME, Que. - Normand Dube is a pilot, an inventor and, as described in a court decision, a “particularly ingenious man.” But a Crown prosecutor argued Wednesday that Dube deserves the...
Oct 31, 2018
Tariff strife largely overlooked in runup to Tuesday's U.S. midterms
CLEVELAND - As Donald Trump resumes the role of barnstormer-in-chief before Tuesday’s critical midterm elections, America’s ongoing tariff feud with friends and foes alike seems all but fo...
Oct 31, 2018
OSPCA wants out of horses and livestock cruelty probes, blames funding shortage
TORONTO - Ontario’s animal welfare agency plans to pull back from investigating cruelty cases involving livestock and horses as part of a restructure that insiders say may eventually see all its...
Oct 31, 2018
'It's good news:' Nature group tells Canadians not to rake their lawns
FREDERICTON - Good news for the lazy: Canada’s leading conservation group is asking people not to rake their lawn. “It’s good news if you don’t like raking the leaves because l...
Oct 31, 2018
Facebook CEO asked to testify at joint committee formed by Canadian, British MPs
OTTAWA - A Canadian MP and his British counterpart are asking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear before an international committee they have formed to examine disinformation and fake news. Bob Zim...
Oct 31, 2018