Category Archives: Canada

TSB calls for improved safety at rail crossings after death of man in wheelchair
MONCTON, N.B. - In the early morning darkness of July 27, 2016, a CN freight train with three locomotives, 169 loaded freight cars, and 18 empty freight cars was travelling through Moncton, N.B., when...
Feb 15, 2018

Despite lip service on reducing waste, Ottawa gave plastics giant $35M grant
OTTAWA - The Liberal government gave $35 million to a chemical company that makes plastic resins just one day before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to use Canada’s G7 presidency to get o...
Feb 15, 2018

In the news today, Feb. 15
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Feb. 15 --- ONTARIO PC CANDIDATES SET FOR DEBATE The four people hoping to lead Ontario’s PConservative party will square off in an hour-long debate today i...
Feb 15, 2018

Federal stand in Russian spy case would breed citizenship 'uncertainty': lawyers
OTTAWA - The federal government’s rationale for trying to deny Canadian citizenship to the Toronto-born son of Russian spies leads down an “absurd and purposeless” path, the young ma...
Feb 15, 2018

No $15 min wage in 2019, Tory leadership hopefuls say in first debate
TORONTO - A Progressive Conservative government in Ontario would not implement a planned minimum wage increase next year, no matter who ends up winning the race to lead the party through the spring el...
Feb 15, 2018

'He took my heart:' Colten Boushie's father remembers kind, goofy son
Colten Boushie came into the world smiling. It was Halloween 1993 in Ronan, Mont., about 225 kilometres southeast of the Roosville Border Crossing in British Columbia. Pete Boushie still remembers how...
Feb 15, 2018

Judge reserves decision on former child refugee's request to pause deportation
HALIFAX - The sister of former Somali child refugee Abdoul Abdi said Thursday she was feeling hopeful after a Federal Court heard her brother’s emergency request to temporarily halt his deportat...
Feb 15, 2018
NewsAlert: Canada's Duhamel, Radford win Olympic bronze in pairs
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada’s Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford have won a bronze medal in pairs figure skating at the Pyeongchang Olympics. The two-time world champions, who are comp...
Feb 14, 2018

MeToo movement 'a necessary social awakening,' Henein says at Toronto debate
TORONTO - Criminal lawyer Marie Henein has thrown her support behind the #MeToo movement, calling it a “necessary social awakening,” but warning that it “needs to stop being salaciou...
Feb 14, 2018
Delta obliged to take Canadian-built C Series unless contract renegotiated: USITC
MONTREAL - The U.S. trade agency that handed Bombardier Inc. a big victory last month says Delta Air Lines could still import C Series from Canada. The American carrier has said it will delay deliveri...
Feb 14, 2018