Category Archives: Canada
Judges, lawyers at odds over deal Canada pay $75M in '60s Scoop legal fees
TORONTO - A Federal Court judge wants input by the end of the month into whether he has the power to decide how much the government should pay lawyers who successfully pursued an unprecedented lawsuit...
Aug 17, 2018

Forestry industry pushes back on Trump blaming fires on Canadian lumber imports
Canada’s forestry industry is pushing back against comments by U.S. President Trump that lumber imports are partially to blame for intense forest fires in California. Trump said a at cabinet mee...
Aug 17, 2018
Canadian National Exhibition opens in Toronto amid labour dispute
TORONTO - Visitors to the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto were greeted by picket lines and chats of protest on Friday as the annual event opened amid a labour dispute involving hundreds of wor...
Aug 17, 2018

'Disjointed' system hinders British Columbia First Nations in wildfire fight
FORT FRASER, B.C. - A fragmented system that makes British Columbia responsible for regional districts but gives the federal government authority for First Nations is hampering Indigenous groups in th...
Aug 17, 2018

SIGA honours Jim Pattison with starblanket
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority honoured Jim Pattison this afternoon at a press conference in North Battleford. Pattison, who is holding the corporate meetings at the North Battleford divisio...
Aug 17, 2018
Judge lifts publication ban, revealing details about Fredericton shooting
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick judge has lifted a publication ban on court documents related to the Fredericton shooting that killed four people, revealing details about how the deadly attack unfolded....
Aug 17, 2018
Here's a list of July inflation rates for Canadian provinces
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 3.0 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and La...
Aug 17, 2018
Here's a list of July inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 3.0 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated...
Aug 17, 2018

Annual inflation rate jumped to 3.0% in July, highest reading since 2011
OTTAWA - Canada’s annual inflation rate in July hit its highest level in nearly seven years as gasoline prices and the cost of air transportation pushed prices higher. Statistics Canada said Fri...
Aug 17, 2018
Military calls of Alberta search after missing Cessna 172 found, pilot dead
MAYERTHORPE, Alta. - The Royal Canadian Air Force says the search for a missing pilot and his Cessna 172 has ended with the discovery of the light plane and a body in a wooded area northwest of Edmont...
Aug 17, 2018