Category Archives: Canada
Consider workplace safety in legalized marijuana rules, groups urge
VANCOUVER - New rules for legalized marijuana need to consider the impact on workplaces and clarify the rights of both employers and employees, say some business groups. Ottawa has set July 1 as the d...
Nov 04, 2017
No winning ticket for Friday night's $10 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Nov. 10 will be approximately $15 million. The Canadian Press
Nov 04, 2017
U.S. judge puts halt to Canadian court order for Google to delist search results
A California judge is putting a halt to a Canadian court order for internet giant Google to delist some of its search results worldwide. It says Canada’s top court overstepped its bounds and the...
Nov 03, 2017
Federal threat to impose higher carbon tax on Manitoba 'misguided': minister
VANCOUVER - Manitoba’s sustainable development minister says a federal threat to impose a higher carbon tax on the province is misguided and reveals a breakdown of co-operative federalism. Roche...
Nov 03, 2017
Environment minister confronts Rebel reporter about 'climate Barbie' name
VANCOUVER - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna confronted a reporter for The Rebel on Friday, demanding he make a commitment that the far-right website stop calling her “climate Barbie.̶...
Nov 03, 2017
Eby speaks about 'rooting out racism' after posters appear at university
VICTORIA - The appearance of discriminatory posters at the University of Victoria campus are stark reminders of the need to fight racism in its overt and subtle forms, British Columbia’s attorne...
Nov 03, 2017
Food retailer Loblaw raising handling fee for its largest suppliers
VANCOUVER - The largest suppliers of Loblaw Companies Ltd. will have to pay a new handling fee, the company said. Suppliers using Loblaw’s distribution centres will pay 0.79 per cent on the cost...
Nov 03, 2017
Lock them up: How President Trump wades into justice cases
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump raised eyebrows during the election campaign by calling for the jailing of his opponent. Now he’s wading into all sorts of justice matters, opining on roughly five diff...
Nov 03, 2017
Syncrude faces federal charges over 2015 heron deaths
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - One of the country’s largest oilsands companies is facing federal charges in the death of 31 great blue herons at one of its mine sites in northern Alberta more than two y...
Nov 03, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Nov. 3 --- LIBERALS MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON MEETING ELECTION PROMISES: This weekend marks two years since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet was swor...
Nov 03, 2017