Category Archives: Canada
Only three per cent of people surveyed could name Canada's cyberspy agency
OTTAWA - There was a time when the Communications Security Establishment didn’t want people to know it even existed. The 70-year-old cyberspy agency is now trying to emerge from the shadows, but...
Nov 08, 2017
Clean fuels standard coming soon but maybe not this fall: McKenna
OTTAWA - The single biggest element of Canada’s national emissions reduction plan might not be unveiled on time. A year ago, the federal government announced plans to develop a national clean fu...
Nov 08, 2017
Defeated Montreal mayor bids farewell, reflects on stunning election defeat
MONTREAL - Denis Coderre says he has already moved on from asking himself why he lost Montreal’s mayoral election and that he is comfortable with his record in office. “It may sound preten...
Nov 08, 2017
Canadian government won't be rushed into signing TPP, Trudeau insists
HANOI, Vietnam - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insists he will not be pressed into signing an updated Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty too hastily, even if some of Canada’s partners are keen to ...
Nov 07, 2017
Loblaw to merge Shoppers Optimum and PC Plus loyalty programs in February
Customers at Shoppers Drug Mart or any of Loblaw Companies Ltd.’s grocery stores will soon use a new, unified loyalty program that replaces Optimum and PC Plus points. Loblaw (TSX:L) will merge ...
Nov 07, 2017
Man charged with second-degree murder in double homicide of Vancouver couple
Vancouver police say a 25-year-old man has been charged in the deaths of a married couple more than a month ago. Police say 65-year-old Dianna Mah-Jones and 68 year-old Richard Jones were found dead i...
Nov 07, 2017
Ex-Tory leader Ambrose says 'western alienation' is very real and dangerous
MONTREAL - The concept of “western alienation” is real and dangerous, and people in the region feel as though their aspirations aren’t in line with those in the rest of Canada, Rona ...
Nov 07, 2017
Hit the road: Alberta landlord wins battle to boot squatter from property
CARDSTON, Alta. - A southern Alberta landlord has won his battle to remove a squatter living in a small shack sitting on a trailer on the man’s rental property. “I’m absolutely relie...
Nov 07, 2017
Federal government changes course on sex discrimination legislation
OTTAWA - The federal government has decided to change course on its proposed legislation to end sex-based discrimination in the Indian Act. The government’s point man in the Senate, Sen. Peter H...
Nov 07, 2017
On anniversary of Trump election, Dems get something new to celebrate: victory
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - One year ago, a Democratic hangout across the river from Washington, D.C., cleared out early as dejected partisans suffered one of the most devastating, demoralizing nights in the hi...
Nov 07, 2017