Category Archives: Canada

Health Canada is warning it has discovered numerous unsafe USB chargers during a national assessment of products on the market and a recall has been issued affecting more than 1.5 million units. The f...

TORONTO - No evidence exists that Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne or any of her senior ministers acted in bad faith when they made the surprise decision to privatize part of provincial utility Hydro On...

OTTAWA - The role the federal government and its arms-length organizations play in the Canadian medical system needs a dramatic overhaul, including phasing out three of the eight agencies, says a new ...

TORONTO - There’s growing chatter in North America about adopting right-to-disconnect laws to free workers from being tethered to their phones around the clock, but some labour experts say that ...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Correctional Service Canada report says a walkout by prisoners working in the kitchen could have been the catalyst for a riot at Saskatchewan Penitentiary that left one inmate...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has proposed changes to how the province’s voting map is drawn to make it easier for Acadian and black candidates to get elected in certain ridings. Governme...

BURNABY, B.C. - The City of Burnaby is turning to Canada’s highest court in the dispute over construction of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline. Mayor Derek Corrigan said Tuesday the ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Highlights of the Newfoundland and Labrador budget presented Tuesday: - An almost $8.4 billion plan with a forecast $683-million deficit that slightly increases spending, as n...

TORONTO - Ontario’s human rights tribunal says a man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old intern at his tattoo parlour must now pay her $75,000 in compensation. The incident t...

WINNIPEG - A 24-hour safe space for youth is being dedicated to the memory of a 15-year-old Manitoba Indigenous girl whose body was found in the Red River. Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott a...