Category Archives: Canada
Liberals eye closer look at 'right to disconnect' in labour rule revamp: report
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are considering whether a reshaping of federal labour standards should include giving workers the right to ignore their job-related emails at home. The idea of putting in...
Aug 30, 2018
Health groups call on Ontario to rethink position on overdose prevention sites
TORONTO - More than 100 health groups urged Doug Ford and Ontario’s health minister on Thursday to reconsider the province’s position on overdose prevention sites, saying a government deci...
Aug 30, 2018
Internal review to examine suicides among Ontario Provincial Police
The recent suicides of three officers in as many weeks has prompted Ontario’s provincial police force to launch an internal review on what might be preventing those within its ranks from seeking...
Aug 30, 2018
KML shareholders vote 99% in favour of Trans Mountain pipeline sale to Ottawa
CALGARY - Shareholders in Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. have voted more than 99 per cent in favour of the sale of its Trans Mountain pipeline and expansion project to the federal government for $4.5 billi...
Aug 30, 2018
Health care emerges as prominent issue in Quebec election campaign
MONTREAL - The hot-button issue of health care burst into the spotlight in Quebec’s election campaign Thursday in the form of promises for more family doctors as well as subsidized eyewear for y...
Aug 30, 2018
Hamilton hospital opens Indigenous families room in memory of Makayla Sault
A Hamilton children’s hospital has opened an Indigenous families room in memory of an 11-year-old First Nations girl who opted out of chemotherapy in favour of alternative healing methods to tre...
Aug 30, 2018
Nova Scotia premier says no justification for Veterans Affairs help for murderer
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier is questioning the justification for Veterans Affairs Canada’s decision to pay for the PTSD treatment of a Halifax man who murdered an off-duty police offic...
Aug 30, 2018
Health agency to mine social media for study on suicide trends, risk factors
OTTAWA - Federal health researchers are looking to mine social media to more quickly identify suicide-related behaviours, instead of relying on woefully outdated data. What the Public Health Agency of...
Aug 30, 2018
Freeland, Lighthizer making decisions on NAFTA as Trump's Friday deadline looms
WASHINGTON - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the time has come for high-level decisions on the future of NAFTA. She said Thursday that around-the-clock work by officials has armed nego...
Aug 30, 2018
Toronto man charged after alleged road rage incident, man clings to car hood
TORONTO - Ontario Provincial Police say a Toronto man is facing charges after an alleged road rage incident involving another man seen clinging to the hood of the vehicle. Police say the incident happ...
Aug 30, 2018