Category Archives: Canada
Uber Canada's service animal policy criticized by some disability rights advocates
TORONTO - Uber Canada has launched a new policy on how its drivers deal with customers who have service animals, but some disability rights advocates say exemptions built into the rules could still le...
Nov 20, 2017
Canadians told to brace for a 'classic' Canadian winter with lots of snow
TORONTO - One of Canada’s high profile weather forecasters is warning Canadians across the country to brace for a whole lot of snow this winter. Chris Scott, The Weather Network’s chief me...
Nov 20, 2017
No appeal in fatal police shooting of New Brunswick store owner: prosecutors
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick prosecutors won’t attempt to revive manslaughter charges in the police shooting of a businessman. In a statement released Monday, Public Prosecution Services says it ...
Nov 20, 2017
Inquiry into overruns at Muskrat Falls hydro megaproject to begin in January
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A public inquiry into how the Muskrat Falls hydro project in Labrador went billions of dollars over budget will report by Dec. 31, 2019 - just after the next provincial electi...
Nov 20, 2017
New Brunswick says it's the first province to 'fully secure' marijuana supply
ATHOLVILLE, N.B. - New Brunswick says it has become the first province to fully secure its supply of recreational marijuana. It announced a memorandum of understanding with Zenabis to provide four mil...
Nov 20, 2017
Ontario post-secondary school launches Mohawk language learning app
A southwestern Ontario post-secondary school has launched an app to help people learn the endangered language of Mohawk. Six Nations Polytechnic says the app, available for Apple and Android devices, ...
Nov 20, 2017
Jury selection begins in trial of man charged in death of police officer
HALIFAX - Hundreds of people packed a Halifax courthouse Monday as jury selection in the trial of a Nova Scotia man accused of killing an off-duty police officer got underway. Christopher Calvin Garni...
Nov 20, 2017
Report sets exercise guidelines for young kids, including 'tummy time' for babies
TORONTO - New guidelines set the minimum amount of activity that toddlers, preschoolers and even babies should get each day. The new report was developed by experts including the Canadian Society for ...
Nov 20, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Nov. 20
Six stories in the news for Monday, Nov. 20 --- CANADIANS TOLD TO BRACE FOR ‘CLASSIC’ WINTER One of Canada's high profile weather forecasters is warning Canadians to brace for a whole lot ...
Nov 20, 2017
NDP's Malcolmson seeks secret ballot vote of MPs to save bill on abandoned boats
OTTAWA - In a show of backbencher strength, NDP MP Sheila Malcolmson could become the first MP in history to force her colleagues in the House of Commons into a secret ballot to save a piece of legisl...
Nov 20, 2017