Category Archives: Canada
NAFTA: Early sticking points encountered on numerous issues
MEXICO CITY - Negotiators have run into a series of early sticking points on nearly every major element considered key to achieving a new NAFTA agreement, according to sources who describe a dialogue-...
Sep 04, 2017
Labour movement has leapt forward in last decade, leaders say
Leaders in the labour movement say things are looking better this Labour Day than they did a decade ago, despite a shifting economic landscape that includes increased automation and ongoing trade disp...
Sep 04, 2017
Toronto imam warns of "fake news" after photo used in anti-Muslim article
MONTREAL - A Toronto-area imam is warning of the dangers of what he calls “fake news” after his photo was used in an article that was widely circulated online. Ibrahim Hindy said on Sunday...
Sep 03, 2017
Family unable to retrieve belongings after sink hole wrecks N.S. home
FALMOUTH, N.S. - Members of a Nova Scotia family awoke to the sounds of what they believed to be an intruder early Sunday morning, police said - but it turned out the threat was coming from underneath...
Sep 03, 2017
Calgary Transit officer passes out after possible drug exposure at train station
Calgary Transit says one of its peace officers was hospitalized after possibly being exposed to drugs during an incident in a light rail station. The agency says two officers responded to a call to ch...
Sep 03, 2017
Striking Swissport worker protests block traffic at Pearson Airport
TORONTO - Police say union protesters who blocked traffic access to two of the busiest terminals at Toronto’s Pearson Airport on Sunday afternoon left peacefully in the evening. Cst. Mark Fische...
Sep 03, 2017
Wind, dry conditions fuel fast-moving wildfire near Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. - Dozens of people living in southern British Columbia have been forced to leave their homes as winds fan a wildfire nearby. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen issued an evacu...
Sep 03, 2017
Justin Trudeau condemns North Korean missile testing, asks UN to step in
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned North Korea’s latest nuclear weapon testing and is urging the United Nations to take further steps to contain the country’s nuclear proliferatio...
Sep 03, 2017
Back-to-school stationery a distraction for some in the classroom
TORONTO - Post-it notes with emojis. Locker magnets shaped like pizza and poop. Pencil boxes featuring T.rex. These are some of the many back-to-school items currently sitting on the shelves of a Walm...
Sep 03, 2017
Tories send Liberals a NAFTA olive branch, with strings attached
OTTAWA - Attack mode, says the Conservative Party’s new foreign affairs critic, will not be the opposition’s first instinct when dealing with the Liberal government’s renegotiation o...
Sep 03, 2017