Category Archives: Canada
Unseasonably early daffodils prompt wish for cold weather on Vancouver Island
VICTORIA - As residents in parts of British Columbia dig out from recent heavy snowfalls and think fondly of spring, a farmer on southern Vancouver Island is cursing that region’s mild weather a...
Feb 09, 2018
Mother blasts high school's response to multiple sexual assault allegations
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland mother says the school system re-victimized her daughter and at least two other girls by allowing a male student who allegedly sexually assaulted them to briefl...
Feb 09, 2018
Supreme Court sides with CBC in publication ban case
OTTAWA - The CBC should not have been ordered to remove stories identifying a murdered Alberta girl from its online archives, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The high court made the 9-0 decisio...
Feb 09, 2018
Former MP Stoffer apologizes five times for his 'touchy' behaviour
HALIFAX - Former New Democrat MP Peter Stoffer issued a series of public apologies Friday for behaviour he acknowledged was perceived as demeaning or inappropriate, saying he never intended to insult ...
Feb 09, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for January, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 5.9 per cent in January. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, h...
Feb 09, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for January, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.9 per cent in January. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (revised numbers from the previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland ...
Feb 09, 2018
Philippines president kills controversial helicopter deal with Canada
OTTAWA - The president of the Philippines has told his military commanders to cancel a controversial deal to buy 16 helicopters from Canada, after the Trudeau government ordered a review of the contra...
Feb 09, 2018
National employment numbers for January from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at January employment (revised numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 5.9 per cent (5.8) Employment rate: 61.7 per cent (62.0) Labour force participatio...
Feb 09, 2018
Canada's volatile jobs survey posts biggest monthly drop since 2009
OTTAWA - The vigour that carried the Canadian labour market on its impressive run in 2017 hit a speed bump to start this year with its largest one-month job drop in nine years. The economy lost 88,000...
Feb 09, 2018
Two Canadian women freed from Cambodian prison arrive on home soil
TORONTO - Two Canadian women released from a Cambodian jail after facing charges of producing pornographic images have returned to home soil. Eden Kazoleas, 19, of Alberta and Jessica Drolet, 26, of O...
Feb 09, 2018