Category Archives: Canada
Alberta's top court upholds injunction against drug testing of Suncor workers
EDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld an injunction that stops random drug and alcohol testing at Suncor Energy sites in the northeastern part of province. In a two-to-one decision, the co...
Feb 28, 2018
Advocates encouraged by government plan to reopen prison farms
Advocates for Canada’s prison farm system said they felt wind in their sails on Wednesday after learning the federal government was about to start reviving the program they’ve been fightin...
Feb 28, 2018
Premature death rate in Ontario has dropped, but not in every region: study
TORONTO - More people in Ontario are living past the age of 75, a new public health study has found, but the gains in longevity are seen mostly around the Greater Toronto Area. The Ontario Atlas of Ad...
Feb 28, 2018
'The Room,' which inspired Oscar nom 'Disaster Artist,' a boon for indie theatres
TORONTO - It’s considered one of the worst movies of all time, yet whenever “The Room” screens at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver, it packs in a crowd - not to mention footballs and spo...
Feb 28, 2018
U.S. legislation on white-supremacist terror cites Quebec City mosque shooting
WASHINGTON - Legislation in the United States Congress aimed at countering white-supremacist violence cites the killings in a Quebec City mosque as one of several cautionary examples of the threat of ...
Feb 28, 2018
The 31 millionaires of Boilermakers Local 203: 'The richest crew in the country'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Thirty-one oil refinery workers - including twin brothers, a married couple, a father and son and three people who live on the same street in a tiny Newfoundland town - took o...
Feb 28, 2018
National pharmacare 'strategy' to preserve existing system: Morneau
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the national pharmacare committee assembled this week will preserve the best parts of Canada’s existing drug plans, rather than abandon them in pursui...
Feb 28, 2018
Demonstrators see 'glimmer of hope' after Liberals vow to replace pay system
OTTAWA - Civil service unions vowed Wednesday to hold the Trudeau government’s feet to the fire after the Liberals pledged in their latest budget to replace the troubled Phoenix pay system with ...
Feb 28, 2018
Siddall to replace Zaun as TV studio analyst for Sportsnet Blue Jays broadcasts
TORONTO - The medium has changed but Joe Siddall’s approach won’t. Sportsnet announced Wednesday that Siddall, a former major-league catcher, will join the Toronto Blue Jays Central broadc...
Feb 28, 2018
Research firm touts Newfoundland and Labrador seaweed as cancer inhibitor
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A cancer researcher says he’s cautiously optimistic about an East Coast ocean technology company’s apparent discovery of properties in seaweed off Newfoundland and...
Feb 28, 2018