Category Archives: Canada

Unexpectedly weak data on inflation, retail sales cloud central bank's next step
OTTAWA - A pair of unexpectedly soft economic reports are creating fresh doubts about the timing of the Bank of Canada’s next interest rate hike. For months, experts have been predicting Bank of...
Jun 22, 2018
N.L. confronts its archaic coat of arms depicting 'noble savage'
Another archaic symbol of Canada’s colonial past is under the microscope. The Newfoundland and Labrador government confirmed this week it plans to redesign the province’s 400-year-old coat...
Jun 22, 2018

Liberals set hiring, procurement rules for federally-funded projects
OTTAWA - Cities, provinces and territories building new roads, bridges, water and transit systems funded with federal dollars will have to let Indigenous Peoples, veterans and recent immigrants have a...
Jun 22, 2018

In the news today, June 22
Five stories in the news for Friday, June 22 --- PROTEST TEEPEE BACK UP AT SASK. LEGISLATURE To the sound of beating drums and applause, people put up a teepee outside the Saskatchewan legislature onl...
Jun 22, 2018

'Hot Dog Water' seller in Vancouver gets laughs, sales with savvy marketing
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver man who sold bottles of “Hot Dog Water” for nearly $40 each says he was trying to see how marketing of health claims backed by supposed science amounts to quick sal...
Jun 22, 2018
Protest teepee back near Saskatchewan legislature days after ordered taken down
REGINA - To the sound of beating drums and applause people put up a teepee outside the Saskatchewan legislature only days after the government ordered it taken down and police arrested Indigenous prot...
Jun 21, 2018
Fake police arrest and force woman to deposit cash in latest Canada Revenue scam
Vancouver police say there’s a new twist on a Canada Revenue Agency scam they’ve been warning the public about and the swindle involves being arrested. Police say a 58-year-old woman recei...
Jun 21, 2018

Canada faces mounting pressure to end safe third country agreement with U.S.
The Canadian government is facing mounting pressure to suspend its Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States amid concerns over child migrants being detained at the U.S. border but the pact ...
Jun 21, 2018
Lawyer seeking mental tests for former TV journalist accused in bank robberies
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - The lawyer for a former TV journalist accused in several bank robberies says he plans to speak to the Crown about arranging for psychiatric tests to determine his client’s ...
Jun 21, 2018

Member of Parliament was abusive, caused confusion at shelter: Red Cross
WINNIPEG - A member of Parliament is denying an accusation that she caused a disturbance, created confusion and was verbally abusive at an emergency shelter for forest fire evacuees last summer. A thr...
Jun 21, 2018