Category Archives: Canada

Analyst says shippers switching to CP Rail as CN Rail service deteriorates
Service on Canadian National Railway Co. has deteriorated to the point that clients are switching their cargoes to rival Canadian Pacific Railway, Walter Spracklin, a financial analyst for RBC Dominio...
Feb 15, 2018

Government asked to approve more money to 'stabilize' Phoenix pay system
OTTAWA - MPs are being asked to approve more spending for “stabilization” of the government’s problem-plagued electronic pay system, including a $14 million loan to the unions repres...
Feb 15, 2018

Nova Scotia principals to get a year to decide status with union: minister
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia public school principals and vice-principals will be given a year to choose between losing their union membership or returning to classroom teaching and remaining in the union. E...
Feb 15, 2018

Jury finished hearing evidence in trial for man accused of killing Tina Fontaine
WINNIPEG - A jury has finished hearing evidence in the trial of a man accused in the death of an Indigenous teen whose body was found wrapped in a duvet filled with rocks in Winnipeg’s Red River...
Feb 15, 2018

Global News cuts nearly 80 jobs, mostly in TV, as part of move to online coverage
Corus Entertainment cut nearly 80 jobs, mostly in traditional TV production, at Global News newsrooms across Canada as part of a restructuring geared toward boosting online coverage. Global News will ...
Feb 15, 2018

Imperial warns faulty aircraft gasoline could pose fuel gauge interference
CALGARY - Imperial Oil Ltd. is warning regulators and customers that aviation gasoline shipped from its Edmonton-area refinery could cause interference with aircraft fuel gauge sensors. The company sa...
Feb 15, 2018

Senate deal to vote on pot bill on June 7 means no actual sales before August
OTTAWA - Canadians will have to wait until at least early August - and maybe as late as early September - to legally purchase recreational marijuana. That’s the bottom line now that senators hav...
Feb 15, 2018

Imperial warns faulty aircraft gasoline could pose fuel gauge interference
CALGARY - Imperial Oil Ltd. is warning regulators and customers that aviation gasoline shipped from its Edmonton-area refinery could cause interference with aircraft fuel gauge sensors. The company sa...
Feb 15, 2018

Trudeau won't meet with Indian leader behind Sikh separatist controversy
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not meet with the Indian politician who has publicly accused members of Trudeau’s cabinet of being connected to the Sikh separatist movement. Despite ...
Feb 15, 2018

Big city mayors press Liberals to speed up flow of affordable housing money
OTTAWA - The mayors of Canada’s biggest cities say they don’t need the federal government to pony up more money for affordable housing units - they just need the cash to move faster. The L...
Feb 15, 2018