Category Archives: Canada
Students should have been shielded from racist graffiti: band council member
More should have been done to shield young Indigenous and African Nova Scotian students from seeing racist graffiti that was scrawled on one of their school buses and a sign nearby, a Mi’kmaq ba...
Mar 08, 2018
Supreme Court to hear case on constitutionality of military justice system
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case that challenges the constitutionality of the military court martial system and, if successful, could have dramatic ramifications for the ...
Mar 08, 2018
Verdict expected in 'complex and unique' Knowledge House stock fraud case
HALIFAX - A much-anticipated verdict is expected Friday in the multi-million-dollar stock market fraud case stemming from the collapse of Halifax’s Knowledge House e-learning company. Former com...
Mar 08, 2018
Quebec's maple syrup producers losing ground as U.S. imports rise: report
MONTREAL - Quebec’s government-sanctioned maple syrup cartel is hurting the domestic industry with its strict quota system and price controls, says a report published Thursday. Competitors in th...
Mar 08, 2018
Canada's entertainment industry drafts collective code of conduct
TORONTO - Canadian entertainment organizations have responded to the recent flood of sexual misconduct allegations with a new collective code of conduct that is a “living document” with ro...
Mar 08, 2018
Supreme Court will hear appeal of new-trial decision in Cindy Gladue case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal in the case of an Ontario trucker who was acquitted in the death of an Indigenous woman in an Edmonton motel room. In March 2015, Brad...
Mar 08, 2018
CMHC says pace of housing starts picked up in February compared with January
OTTAWA - The pace of new home construction picked up unexpectedly in February driven by strength in the condo market in major cities, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Thursday. Meanwhile, Statis...
Mar 08, 2018
Canada dodges tariff bullet, at least for now: U.S. grants provisional exemption
WASHINGTON - Canada appears to have dodged a protectionist bullet, as one of only two countries to receive a provisional exemption from steel and aluminum tariffs set to rip into America’s tradi...
Mar 08, 2018
Late winter storm brings snow, wind and rain to parts of Atlantic Canada
HALIFAX - A large nor’easter was blowing through much of Atlantic Canada today, with another system expected to bring more messy weather over the weekend. Environment Canada issued special weath...
Mar 08, 2018
Baloney Meter: Is Canadian steel and aluminum actually a security risk to U.S.?
OTTAWA - “We believe, and our counsel believes, that this is a perfectly valid interpretation of ‘national security’ the way that it’s used in section 232, which is much broade...
Mar 08, 2018