Category Archives: Canada
B.C.'s premier-designate talks with Trudeau, plans Ottawa summer visit
VICTORIA - British Columbia premier-designate John Horgan said he spoke with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday about the softwood trade dispute with the United States and he is planning meetings...
Jun 30, 2017
Officials go through final preparations for Canada Day event in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Jessica Mellor was doing her best Friday to catch her son, Lincoln, running - as toddlers often do - towards a security gate around the main Canada Day stage on Parliament Hill. It was a tran...
Jun 30, 2017
Improving business sentiment hits highest level since 2011: Bank of Canada poll
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada says business sentiment has reached its highest level since 2011 with corporate expectations for key areas like future sales, investment and hiring intentions all above his...
Jun 30, 2017
Farmers rattled after pigs, chickens stolen from central Nova Scotia farms
COOKS BROOK, N.S. - Someone is stealing the free-range pigs and chickens of central Nova Scotia - even leaving the remains of one pig behind after butchering it. A litter of piglets, six heritage Berk...
Jun 30, 2017
Toronto airport removes ad after activists complain it's 'insulting' to cows
Toronto’s island airport has taken down an advertisement after animal rights activists complained it is disrespectful to cows. The poster at Billy Bishop Airport said, “You’re precio...
Jun 30, 2017
Gulf of St. Lawrence whale deaths a 'mortality disaster,' American expert says
NORWAY, P.E.I. - The deaths of six right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence are a “mortality disaster” on a scale likely not seen since whaling decimated their population in the 19th centu...
Jun 30, 2017
SNC-Lavalin sets up infrastructure partnership with European firm
MONTREAL - SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC) is shifting a collection of its Canadian infrastructure holdings to a new partnership with a European investment firm through a $208-million deal announced Friday. The...
Jun 30, 2017
Rosy economic data, central bank survey back expectations of interest-rate hike
OTTAWA - Sturdy economic growth and a central bank survey showing renewed business optimism reinforced expectations Friday that Canada’s first interest rate hike since 2010 could be less than tw...
Jun 30, 2017
Canadians around the world prepare to celebrate Canada's 150th
If Rahel Bailie still lived in Vancouver, she would likely poke fun at the Canada 150 festivities or steer clear of them altogether. Now that she’s lived in London for more than three years, how...
Jun 30, 2017
Missing young woman was likely murdered, Newfoundland police believe
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Police believe Cortney Lake - the young Newfoundland mother whose disappearance generated an outpouring of concern - was murdered. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said Fri...
Jun 30, 2017