Category Archives: Canada
Discount Car & Truck Rentals to pay $700,000 over misleading advertising
OTTAWA - Discount Car & Truck Rentals Ltd. is paying a $700,000 penalty after reaching an agreement with the Competition Bureau over misleading advertising about its prices. Following an investiga...
Oct 11, 2018
Gas slowly being restored, as police say cause of pipeline blast not criminal
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Natural gas service to much of British Columbia was being gradually restored Thursday after a pipeline explosion north of Prince George shut down a major supply artery to homes, ...
Oct 11, 2018
New recreational marijuana law sparks renewed employer-labour strife
CALGARY - The legalization of recreational marijuana next week is reopening old wounds and sparking new battles between employers and employees in high-risk jobs that could wind up in the court system...
Oct 11, 2018
No duty to consult Indigenous groups on federal law-making: Supreme Court
Federal ministers drafting legislation do not have a duty to consult Indigenous groups, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday In a decision involving an Alberta First Nation, a majority of the hi...
Oct 11, 2018
Russian rocket failure raises questions for Canadian astronaut Saint-Jacques
MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques’ scheduled space voyage in December is in doubt following a rocket failure Thursday that forced a Soyuz capsule with two astronauts on board to ...
Oct 11, 2018
Electoral officer to investigate after recount flips Quebec riding from Liberal to PQ
Quebec’s chief electoral officer has launched an investigation into possible irregularities after a judicial recount found a Liberal declared the winner Oct. 1 in fact lost to his Parti Quebecoi...
Oct 11, 2018
Top court agrees to hear appeal in Hells Angels-ordered killing in Nova Scotia
OTTAWA - Eighteen years after a Halifax-area man was gunned down for having an affair with an outlaw biker’s girlfriend, the Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal in the case agai...
Oct 11, 2018
#MeToo encouraging for young Canadian females, survey suggests
TORONTO - A majority of Canadian girls and young women have found the #MeToo movement heartening when it comes to the prospects of increased gender equality, but feel they still face discrimination, a...
Oct 11, 2018
Michaelle Jean makes final pitch to keep top post as Francophonie summit opens
YEREVAN, Armenia - Michaelle Jean made a public plea to hold on to her post as secretary general of la Francophonie Thursday, urging member nations not to allow the defence of rights and democracy to ...
Oct 11, 2018
In the news today, Oct. 11
Four stories in the news for Thursday, Oct. 11 ___ MICHAELLE JEAN CONTINUES BID FOR FRANCOPHONIE POST Former governor general Michaelle Jean and delegations from Canada and Quebec are in Armenia today...
Oct 11, 2018