Category Archives: Canada
University of the Fraser Valley investigating breach of student information
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The personal information of more than two dozen students attending the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia has potentially been breached online. Spokesman Dave Pinto...
Nov 01, 2017
A look at the next three years of immigration to Canada, by the numbers
OTTAWA - The federal government has unveiled its plan for immigration to Canada over the next three years. There are four major streams: economic programs for skilled labour, provincial immigration pr...
Nov 01, 2017
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Nov. 1 --- AT LEAST 3 DEAD IN ONTARIO HIGHWAY PILEUP: At least three people have been killed in a multi-vehicle pileup that sent a wave of fuel and flames ...
Nov 01, 2017
Tribunal rules in favour of gay Indigenous man rejected for Alberta auto shop job
VEGREVILLE, Alta. - A gay First Nations man who was turned down for a job at an autobody shop east of Edmonton has been awarded $56,000 in damages and lost wages by a human rights tribunal. The Albert...
Nov 01, 2017
It's time for action, OPP commissioner tells trucking industry after fatal crash
TORONTO - The trucking industry needs to take a close look at the way it conducts business in the aftermath of a deadly multi-vehicle crash that authorities believe was caused by a transport truck dri...
Nov 01, 2017
Canada to admit 340,000 immigrants a year by 2020 under new three-year plan
OTTAWA - The federal government sought Wednesday to introduce more stability into Canada’s immigration system by introducing a plan that sets out a gradual rise in admissions over the next three...
Nov 01, 2017
Highway crash highlights emotional risks for first responders combing through wreckage
TORONTO - As first responders searched for bodies in the wreckage of more than a dozen vehicles involved in a deadly Ontario crash, experts warned that such traumatic experiences place them at an incr...
Nov 01, 2017
Parti Quebecois members celebrate Rene Levesque on 30th anniversary of his death
QUEBEC - Parti Quebecois caucus members have paid tribute to party co-founder Rene Levesque on the 30th anniversary of his death. Levesque became premier in 1976 and was re-elected in 1981 before step...
Nov 01, 2017
Quebec premier leaning toward forming committee to monitor anti-corruption unit
QUEBEC - The stormy debate over the arrest of a member of Quebec’s legislature continued Wednesday as Premier Philippe Couillard said he is leaning toward the creation of an independent committe...
Nov 01, 2017
Laura Babcock had intense fear of death since childhood, court hears
TORONTO - It took an Ontario prosecutor 10 minutes to read through a lifetime of pain for Laura Babcock. Jill Cameron walked the jury in the murder trial through the young woman’s mental health ...
Nov 01, 2017