Category Archives: Canada

Trudeau touts 2017 defence plan as answer to Trump's call for NATO spending
BRUSSELS - Donald Trump boasted Thursday of singlehandedly winning commitments from his fellow NATO leaders to meet and exceed a defence spending target of two per cent of GDP - even though Prime Mini...
Jul 12, 2018

Toronto will add 200 officers to night shift to curb shootings
Toronto plans to add 200 frontline officers to the night shift over the summer in an effort to reduce gun violence, the city’s police chief said Thursday while the mayor promised new funds for c...
Jul 12, 2018
Package delivery firms get ready to fill gap as Greyhound leaves Western Canada
CALGARY - Package delivery firms say they are prepared to fill the gap when Greyhound Canada closes most of its Western Canada operations this fall. The company says its Greyhound Package Express serv...
Jul 12, 2018

Ontario throne speech highlights key Doug Ford campaign pledges
TORONTO - Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government vowed Thursday to bring in sweeping changes meant to restore public trust in the province in a throne speech that played up promises m...
Jul 12, 2018

Canada moves to recognize NunatuKavut in southern Labrador
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - The NunatuKavut community in southern Labrador is entering into historic talks with the Canadian government, as Ottawa moves to formally recognize an Indigenous group th...
Jul 12, 2018

Package delivery firms get ready to fill gap as Greyhound leaves Western Canada
CALGARY - Package delivery firms say they are prepared to fill the gap when Greyhound Canada closes most of its Western Canada operations this fall. The company says its Greyhound Package Express serv...
Jul 12, 2018
Hurricane Chris to make landfall in Newfoundland as post-tropical storm
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Parts of eastern Newfoundland were bracing for strong winds and heavy rain as post-tropical storm Chris was expected to make landfall along the southern Avalon Peninsula late ...
Jul 12, 2018

Liberal promise to set strict rules for unpaid interns pushed to 2019
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won’t make good on their vow to crack down on unpaid internships until next year - almost four years after the issue first landed on the federal governme...
Jul 12, 2018

In the news today, July 12
Five stories in the news for Thursday, July 12 --- ONTARIO’S NEW GOVERNMENT TO GIVE FIRST THRONE SPEECH Ontario’s new government will lay out its plans today in a throne speech expected to...
Jul 12, 2018

As pre-election cabinet shuffle looms, Kirsty Duncan ready for anything
OTTAWA - She’s gone from a junior minister, to a minister with a $4-billion budget to spend, to a minister holding down two different portfolios. Now Kirsty Duncan, minister of science and minis...
Jul 12, 2018