Category Archives: Canada
Federal budget to unveil incentive for 5-week leave for second parent: official
OTTAWA - The upcoming federal budget will include a five-week, use-it-or-lose-it incentive for new dads to take parental leave and share the responsibilities of raising their young child, The Canadian...
Feb 24, 2018

The way governments learn someone has died is getting a digital makeover
OTTAWA - The path Canadians must take to inform their governments about a death in the family is getting a digital overhaul to avoid delays that have led to wrongful or missed benefit payments. Federa...
Feb 24, 2018

Canadian space program scientists hoping for lift off in federal budget
OTTAWA - Canada’s space research community is optimistic they will receive a boost in the federal budget set to land Tuesday. Liberal Finance Minister Bill Morneau has already signalled that a &...
Feb 24, 2018

Supplier to NHL's Calgary Flames breathes again as B.C. wine ban suspended
VICTORIA - The operators of a small British Columbia winery that landed a big contract to be the official wine of the National Hockey League’s Calgary Flames are relieved their Cabernet Merlot a...
Feb 24, 2018
Trudeau ends troubled India trip in his comfort zone of hockey and youth
NEW DELHI - When the going for a Canadian prime minister gets tough, he turns to hockey. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau capped off a difficult state visit to India Saturday with a ball hockey game at t...
Feb 24, 2018
Report: Canadian ski cross athlete Dave Duncan arrested at Olympics
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian skier Dave Duncan is being investigated after allegedly stealing a car while drunk and driving it back to his residence at the Pyeongchang Olympics, the CBC ...
Feb 24, 2018
East Coast ticket takes Friday night's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - Friday night’s whopping $60 million Lotto Max jackpot was claimed by a ticket sold somewhere in Atlantic Canada. Three of the draw’s Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each were als...
Feb 24, 2018
NewsAlert: Kim Boutin named Canada's flag bearer for Olympics closing ceremony
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Kim Boutin will be Canada’s flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympics. The 23-year-old from Sherbrooke, Que., carried on Canada’s st...
Feb 23, 2018

Olympic Roundup: Duncan arrest sullies Canada's 'Be Olympic' image
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - An alleged drunken joyride involving ski cross racer Dave Duncan put a black mark on another successful day for Canada at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games. Sebastien...
Feb 23, 2018
Southern Ontario community issues state of emergency due to flooding
THAMESVILLE, ONTARIO, Canada - A community in southwestern Ontario has declared a state of emergency due to the imminent threat of flooding along the Thames River. Chatham-Kent Mayor Randy Hope reques...
Feb 23, 2018