Category Archives: Canada

Opposition criticizes $1.5-million retention bonuses for Kinder Morgan execs
CALGARY - Opposition politicians hit the Liberal government with pointed questions Monday over news that two Kinder Morgan Canada executives will each be given $1.5-million bonuses to ensure they stay...
Jun 04, 2018
External risks more acute for Canada than in the recent past: IMF
OTTAWA - The external risks facing the Canadian economy are more acute than in the recent past, the IMF said Monday in an annual review that has focused on the country’s housing market in recent...
Jun 04, 2018

Canada needs wireless auction by 2019 or consumers will be left behind: Telus exec
TORONTO - Canadian consumers are in danger of being left out of the latest smartphone technology unless the government holds an important spectrum auction next year, the chief technology officer for T...
Jun 04, 2018

Wayne Millard was depressed, an alcoholic and stressed out: Dellen Millard
TORONTO - A twice-convicted killer on trial for allegedly murdering his father, whose death was initially ruled a suicide, said his dad was depressed, an alcoholic and under a great deal of stress bec...
Jun 04, 2018

New think tank will promote Indigenous voices on policy and governance
TORONTO - A think tank launching in Toronto this week hopes to give Indigenous researchers the opportunity to provide greater input on policy issues relevant to their peoples. Hayden King, an Anishina...
Jun 04, 2018

NDP urges Commons to affirm support for Indigenous rights amid pipeline tension
OTTAWA - The NDP is slamming the Liberal government for opposing its motion that echoes a private member’s bill the Commons passed last week which ensures Canada’s laws are in harmony with...
Jun 04, 2018

What's the story behind Ontario's debt? The Canadian Press takes a look
TORONTO - Ontario’s governing Liberals have faced harsh criticism in recent years over the province’s ballooning debt. The government’s spring budget, which projected deficits over t...
Jun 04, 2018
Halifax racial discrimination case deserves 'high end' damages: lawyer
HALIFAX - A former Halifax transit worker is seeking more than $1.4 million after a human rights inquiry found his workplace was rife with racist bullying. “He suffered severe and devastating ps...
Jun 04, 2018

Wynne makes last-ditch efforts to warn voters of NDP, Tory majorities
TORONTO - Ontario’s Liberal premier is making last-ditch efforts to warn voters away from electing a majority NDP or Progressive Conservative government, after admitting over the weekend that he...
Jun 04, 2018

'Ableist' bias left people with disabilities without housing, N.S. inquiry told
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s government used “ableist” reasoning when it closed a program that provided supported housing for people with intellectual disabilities, a nationally recognize...
Jun 04, 2018