Category Archives: Canada

B.C. premier says he won't escalate trade dispute with Alberta over pipeline
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan doesn’t intend to respond to any provocation from Alberta in the escalating trade dispute over the Trans Mountain pipeline. Horgan said Wednesday ...
Feb 07, 2018

The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Feb. 7 --- POLICE-LINKED DEATHS SPARK ANGER, SORROW: Indigenous people in northern Ontario are grieving and angry after the police killing of a young man a...
Feb 07, 2018

TVO host Steve Paikin among few accused to fight harassment allegations
TORONTO - Ontario TV anchor Steve Paikin is one of the few high-profile men to publicly fight back against sexual harassment allegations, but at least one crisis management expert says the political p...
Feb 07, 2018

Wine war picks on small family owned operations: B.C. wine advocate
VANCOUVER - Western Canada’s “wine war” could cost small family owned farms millions of dollars, says an advocate for British Columbia’s wine industry. Alberta Premier Rachel N...
Feb 07, 2018

Buy America has 'consequences' including proposed Ontario law: Champagne
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are giving tacit support to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s plan to introduce legislation that would allow retaliation against U.S. states that adopt Buy American ...
Feb 07, 2018
Regulator seeks Google ban on ads for binary options, cryptocurrencies and ICOs
A Canadian Securities Administrators investor protection task force is in dialogue with Google as it calls on the technology giant to ban ads for binary options, cryptocurrencies and initial coin offe...
Feb 07, 2018
B.C. and Airbnb reach tax collection deal to help fund province's housing plans
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will soon profit from the short-term rental market after reaching an agreement with Airbnb on the collection of taxes. The money will be used to fund...
Feb 07, 2018
Conviction in baby's suffocation struck over faulty Charles Smith pathology
TORONTO - A man who pleaded guilty to killing his baby daughter in a fit of frustration almost two decades ago should get a new trial given the involvement of disgraced pathologist Dr. Charles Smith, ...
Feb 07, 2018

MPs sing new version of O Canada as gender-neutral anthem lyrics become official
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament broke into applause Wednesday after singing the new, gender-neutral lyrics to O Canada in the House of Commons, just hours after the change became law. The new wording b...
Feb 07, 2018
Special prosecutor appointed after alleged threats at Nanaimo city hall
VICTORIA - A special prosecutor has been appointed after the mayor says threats were allegedly uttered against him and a councillor at city hall in Nanaimo, B.C. The British Columbia Prosecution Servi...
Feb 07, 2018