Category Archives: Canada
Trudeau promises unionized workers a NAFTA deal they can be proud of
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assured unionized Canadian workers on Thursday they’ll be getting a NAFTA deal they can be proud of. Trudeau put a positive spin on the negotiations as h...
Aug 31, 2017
Greyhound bus route on B.C.'s Highway of Tears one of five that could be axed
VANCOUVER - Greyhound Canada has applied to regulators in British Columbia to drop five routes, four of them in northern B.C., as the company deals with plunging ridership. Greyhound calls the decisio...
Aug 31, 2017
B.C. schools scrambling to hire teachers to meet new class-size standards
VANCOUVER - School districts in British Columbia are scrambling to hire thousands of teachers ahead of the new school year to satisfy a court decision that reinstates standards on class size. The Supr...
Aug 31, 2017
Single-screen theatre with 80-year history in Halifax closing its doors
HALIFAX - It is where Haligonians watched “Casablanca,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “The Graduate” and “Titanic.” The Oxford Theatre - a grand, standalo...
Aug 31, 2017
Military planes help thousands of First Nation evacuees flee Manitoba fires
WINNIPEG - Many of the 3,700 people fleeing northern Manitoba forest fires were still waiting to fly south on Thursday, more than 24 hours after they left their homes on a journey made complicated by ...
Aug 31, 2017
Single-screen theatre with 80-year history in Halifax closing its doors
HALIFAX - It is where Haligonians watched “Casablanca,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “The Graduate” and “Titanic.” The Oxford Theatre - a grand, standalo...
Aug 31, 2017
Toronto group heading to Houston to rescue dogs from overwhelmed shelters
TORONTO - Next week, a small team of Canadian volunteers will get into two vans, drive for two days to flood-ravaged Houston, pick up a group of rescue dogs from overwhelmed shelters, and head home. N...
Aug 31, 2017
No charges in Halifax 'Proud Boys' incident, servicemen returned to duties: navy
HALIFAX - No criminal charges will be laid against five so-called “Proud Boys” who disrupted a Mi’kmaq ceremony in downtown Halifax on Canada Day, the Royal Canadian Navy says. Rear-...
Aug 31, 2017
Former CEO of Halifax children's hospital still owes more than $22,000: report
HALIFAX - The former CEO of Atlantic Canada's biggest children's hospital still owes more than $22,000 for “potentially personal” expenses charged to her corporate credit card before she r...
Aug 31, 2017
Pilot of Air Transat flight tells hearing tarmac delay was lesser of two evils
OTTAWA - The captain of one of two Air Transat flights that was forced to sit for hours on a sweltering Ottawa tarmac last month said Thursday he considered keeping passengers aboard the delayed aircr...
Aug 31, 2017