Category Archives: Canada
At NAFTA talks, Canada delivers a lecture on autos, not a counter-offer
MEXICO CITY - Canadian negotiators intend to provide a briefing to their American peers on how their auto proposals would devastate their own domestic industry, in an effort to reset one of the most d...
Nov 19, 2017
One person was killed in an accident during training at CFB Shilo
OTTAWA - The Canadian military has launched an investigation after a reservist died during a training accident in Manitoba on Saturday. Cpl. Nolan Caribou, who was an infantryman with the Royal Winnip...
Nov 19, 2017
Portable supplement, focus on supply to be part of new housing strategy
OTTAWA - Those struggling to keep a roof over their heads - whether looking to ease the burden of monthly rent payments or in desperate need of help to get off the streets - will find out later this w...
Nov 19, 2017
Northern Quebec police force's only female Inuit officer beating the odds
MONTREAL - Though she’s only 22, Constable Pamela Stevenson is undoubtedly one of her northern Quebec police force’s most coveted new recruits. When she joined last month straight after gr...
Nov 19, 2017
Disabled groups fight immigration law they say is 'demeaning'
TORONTO - A national advocacy group is pushing for the government to repeal immigration criteria that it calls discriminatory toward people with disabilities. The Council of Canadians with Disabilitie...
Nov 19, 2017
Toronto police reviewing supports after officer's overdose death
TORONTO - The fatal fentanyl overdose of a Toronto drug squad officer has the police force considering what more it could be doing to support those working in its high-risk units. The death of Const. ...
Nov 19, 2017
The rise of cryptojacking: How hackers hog computer CPUs to make money
VANCOUVER - Anyone casually surfing the internet at home can be deployed as an unwittingly productive member of a hacker’s workforce, a practice known as “cryptojacking” that is on t...
Nov 19, 2017
What is a digital currency and how does cryptocurrency mining work?
VANCOUVER - Cryptocurrency is a digital currency with no physical form or intrinsic value, but is an increasingly hot commodity as Bitcoin, its most well-known iteration, flirts with a record high. Bi...
Nov 19, 2017
'These things are costing us:' Arctic climate change affecting the south
An international summary of five year’s worth of research on Arctic climate change concludes the top of the world is getting warmer faster than anyone thought. And if it all sounds interesting b...
Nov 19, 2017
Canada faces Russia-linked cyberthreats at home and abroad, NATO chief says
HALIFAX - The head of NATO is urging Canada to be vigilant about the threat of Russian cyberwarfare both on the battlefield and at home. NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said Canadian troops in...
Nov 19, 2017