Category Archives: Canada
Won't be 'bowled over' by U.S. in NAFTA negotiations, Trudeau vows
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - Canada won’t be “bowled over” at the NAFTA negotiating table, Justin Trudeau promised Wednesday in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ongoing pu...
Mar 14, 2018
Alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur's case put over another month
TORONTO - Accused serial killer Bruce McArthur appeared briefly via video in a Toronto court Wednesday before his case was put over to next month. The 66-year-old self-employed landscaper is charged w...
Mar 14, 2018
Feds give Ontario $11.8B in decade-long infrastructure deal
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving Ontario a financial break in a new funding deal to help pay for new transit and water systems over the next decade in a sign of compromise that may be extende...
Mar 14, 2018
Stephen Hawking helped elevate Canada's science profile
TORONTO - Scientists, educators and leaders across the country are paying tribute to Stephen Hawking, celebrating a man whose connections to Canada helped elevate the global profiles of national resea...
Mar 14, 2018
In steel country, rumblings of a political earthquake: Dems poised to win again
WASHINGTON - Deep in the rust belt, in a Trump-loving district where Democrats were clobbered by 28 percentage points the last time they bothered running a candidate, there are sudden rumblings of a p...
Mar 13, 2018
United States hits Canadian forestry industry with more duties
WASHINGTON - The American government hit the Canadian forestry industry with more duties late Tuesday as it upheld counterveiling duties on Canadian newsprint. The United States Department of Commerce...
Mar 13, 2018
Feds to temporarily halt collection of Phoenix overpayments from civil servants
OTTAWA - The federal government will no longer try to recover money overpaid to its employees until all of their outstanding pay issues have been resolved, officials confirmed Tuesday. Under an agreem...
Mar 13, 2018
Alberta politicians vote unanimously to back province in oil pipeline fight
EDMONTON - Alberta politicians have passed a motion to back Premier Rachel Notley’s battle for the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, but division remains on how to carry the fight. The United Conserv...
Mar 13, 2018
Tories try to woo Quebecers away from Bloc, Liberal party with open letter to voters
OTTAWA - Conservative party leader Andrew Scheer is trying to take advantage of drama in the Bloc Quebecois as well as recent unfavourable headlines dogging the prime minister to woo Quebecers over to...
Mar 13, 2018
Toronto's Ryerson University investigating possible bedbugs in class
TORONTO - A university in downtown Toronto is investigating a possible bedbug infestation in one of its classrooms. A spokesperson for Ryerson University said officials are assessing the room and note...
Mar 13, 2018