Category Archives: Canada
60 Quebec primary school students involved in cutting in First Nations community
MONTREAL - An elementary school says more than 60 students have cut one another or themselves with sharpening blades in an Atikamekw First Nations community in Quebec. The Seskitin primary school in W...
May 04, 2018
Toyota Canada plants to get $1.4B upgrade; Ottawa and Ontario to pitch in
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - The federal and Ontario governments will pitch in a combined $220 million toward a $1.4-billion upgrade at two Toyota Canada manufacturing plants. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made ...
May 04, 2018
NAFTA's moment of truth: Coming days could decide whether deal happens this year
WASHINGTON - A moment of truth approaches in the NAFTA negotiations, with the coming days likely to reveal not only whether an agreement is achievable this year, but also how extensive such an agreeme...
May 04, 2018
Quebec man faces nearly 90 sex-related charges involving young males
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - A Quebec man has been arraigned on 87 charges arising from alleged sex crimes involving some 70 male adolescents over a five-year period. The charges laid against Simon Drouin on ...
May 04, 2018
Harvey Weinstein denies all sexual assault allegations by Toronto woman
TORONTO - Harvey Weinstein has asked an Ontario court to dismiss a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him by a Toronto actress, arguing in court documents that he denies “each and every”...
May 04, 2018
Toronto is latest Canadian city to crackdown on payday lending outlets
TORONTO - Canada’s largest city is the latest of a host of municipalities to crack down on payday lenders with bylaws to impose restrictions on their business activities and rein in the number o...
May 04, 2018
Toronto makeup artist hopes his viral grad photo stokes talk about gender norms
TORONTO - High schooler Kevin Kodra hopes his glamorous viral graduation photo gets people thinking beyond the borders of gender norms. The 18-year-old Toronto makeup artist watched his social media f...
May 04, 2018
Aecon bows out of bid team vying for contract for Gordie Howe bridge
OTTAWA - A Canadian construction firm that could be swallowed up by a Chinese state-owned company says it will no longer be part of a private group bidding to build and operate a new bridge between Ca...
May 04, 2018
Dwindling caribou herds in Alberta, B.C. face dire threat: federal government
EDMONTON - The federal government is one step away from moving in to protect dwindling caribou herds in Alberta and British Columbia after finding them under imminent threat. The finding, released by ...
May 04, 2018
Former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Paul Dick dies at age 77
OTTAWA - Paul Dick, a former Progressive Conservative MP and Mulroney-era cabinet minister, has died at the age of 77. His family says in a statement he died of a heart attack at home on Wednesday. Di...
May 04, 2018