Category Archives: Canada
WorkSafeBC report cites safety failures in derailment that killed 3 workers
Decaying railroad ties and the failure of a safety mechanism to prevent a train derailment are cited in a report by British Columbia’s workers’ safety agency as factors in a crash that kil...
Oct 25, 2018
Cannabis delays could push Ontario consumers to black market: critics
TORONTO - The Ontario government is coming under fire for delays in the delivery of legal cannabis in the province, with critics suggesting consumers could revert back to the black market. Just over a...
Oct 25, 2018
Federal Liberal government to release fall economic update Nov. 21
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government will release a fall economic update on Nov. 21 alongside a plan to shore up Canadian competitiveness and prevent investment dollars from flowing south of the border. Fi...
Oct 25, 2018
Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal in price-fixing lawsuit against Air Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the way for a broader class-action lawsuit against Air Canada and British Airways by refusing to hear an appeal requested by Canada's largest airline in a decad...
Oct 25, 2018
String of turkey sightings puzzles St. John's residents, officials
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Turkeys are strutting through the streets of St. John’s, N.L., where officials remain baffled by the sudden appearance of a species that is not native to the province. L...
Oct 25, 2018
Penalty for cancelling Saudi arms contract 'in the billions': Trudeau
OTTAWA - The price for registering Canada’s outrage over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi went up exponentially Thursday, as Justin Trudeau revealed the penalty for cancelling a $15-bill...
Oct 25, 2018
Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives to choose new party leader Saturday
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Opposition Progressive Conservatives are looking for a fresh start this weekend with a leadership convention they hope will propel them into the government benches after ...
Oct 25, 2018
Freeland, Trudeau defend media as Trump tweets about U.S. mail bombs
OTTAWA - Canada’s foreign minister delivered an impassioned defence of a free press Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out again at the media, this time accusing journalists for c...
Oct 25, 2018
Drunk driver who killed 4 people eligible for day parole next month
TORONTO - A man sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in a drunk driving crash north of Toronto that killed three young children and their grandfather will be eligible to apply for day...
Oct 25, 2018
Top court to hear case exploring police use of force in Caledonia, Ont.
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it will hear a case involving a man who sued the Ontario Provincial Police and claimed permanent injury after a struggle in Caledonia, Ont. in 2009. Randy Fle...
Oct 25, 2018