Category Archives: Canada
Second mate fell asleep on grounded tug off Vancouver Island: TSB report
VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board has called for more training on fatigue in the marine industry after finding a crew member fell asleep and missed a planned course change before a tug boat ...
May 31, 2018
Monkey lost since Saturday on Vancouver Island continues to evade capture
COWICHAN LAKE, B.C. - Despite efforts to locate a small capuchin monkey in the bush of southern Vancouver Island, the little primate was still loose Thursday, almost a week after it escaped from a pri...
May 31, 2018
Doug Ford says he isn't breaking promise to release fully costed platform
LONDON, Ont. - Doug Ford denied breaking his promise to deliver a fully costed election platform Thursday even as political rivals and economists criticized the Progressive Conservative plan as vague ...
May 31, 2018
Lobbying-law changes 'not on radar,' says N.S. premier after Chretien meeting
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier appears unworried by Jean Chretien’s decision to simply ignore queries from provincial officials asking if the former prime minister was lobbying for a Cape...
May 31, 2018
Bank of Canada deputy governor says trade uncertainty restraining investment
QUEBEC - Uncertainty on the trade front is restraining business investment, a senior Bank of Canada official said Thursday. Deputy governor Sylvain Leduc said in a speech in Quebec City that the centr...
May 31, 2018
U.S. tariffs on steel will drive up cost of military gear: ministers
OTTAWA - The Trump administration’s decision to impose punishing new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum could have dire consequences for Canada’s defence sector and drive up the price ...
May 31, 2018
Aluminum and steel users disappointed with imposition of hefty U.S. tariffs
Consumers on both sides of the border could be caught in the middle of a trade war as businesses slap them with higher prices to offset the impact of billions of dollars worth of reciprocal tariffs an...
May 31, 2018
N.S. gives $1.6 million to movie starring Pattinson, Dafoe filmed in Yarmouth
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia says it has given more than $1.6 million to a Robert Pattinson movie filmed near Yarmouth, N.S. “The Lighthouse,” directed by Robert Eggers, is a fantasy horror movie...
May 31, 2018
Mayors unveil wish list seeking funding for affordable housing, climate change
HALIFAX - Canada’s big city mayors are gearing up for the 2019 federal election by making a wish list topped with funding for affordable housing, climate change and new revenue tools. Edmonton M...
May 31, 2018
As tariffs loom, a look at Canada's steel, aluminum industries, by the numbers
OTTAWA - The Trump administration says it will go ahead with plans to hit Canada, Mexico and the European Union with hefty tariffs on steel and aluminum, effective midnight Thursday night. Here are so...
May 31, 2018