Category Archives: Canada
Bombardier expects to be on the hot seat about trade complaints at Paris air show
MONTREAL - Bombardier is steeling itself for scrutiny at the International Paris Air Show next week about its disputes with Brazil and rival aircraft manufacturer Boeing over its signature CSeries pas...
Jun 15, 2017
DFO manager kept report warning of noise hazard on ships secret for seven months
OTTAWA - A new report says a senior federal Fisheries Department manager waited seven months to warn fishery officers in the Maritimes of a serious noise hazard aboard department vessels that could ca...
Jun 15, 2017
Inuit organization to run project to engage men, boys on violence
OTTAWA - An Inuit women’s organization is getting nearly $900,000 in federal funding for a three-year project designed to engage men and boys to help reduce violence against women and girls. The...
Jun 15, 2017
Structure initially thought to be possible Halifax tunnel just a sewer pipe
HALIFAX - Construction workers in Halifax created a stir on social media when they uncovered a piece of infrastructure dating back to the 1800s, stoking speculation they had finally found a fabled und...
Jun 15, 2017
Vancouver Aquarium asks courts to overrule ban on cetaceans in Stanley Park
VANCOUVER - Officials with the Vancouver Aquarium say they have applied for a judicial review aimed at overturning a park board bylaw banning whales, dolphins and porpoises from its facility in Stanle...
Jun 15, 2017
Montreal exhibit celebrating life and work of Leonard Cohen to open in November
Montreal’s contemporary art museum will be hosting an exhibit later this year devoted to the life and work of Leonard Cohen, one that was conceived with the late singer-songwriter’s blessi...
Jun 15, 2017
List of ministers named to N.S. Premier Stephen McNeil's 17-member cabinet
HALIFAX - The list of ministers named to Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil’s 17-member cabinet: Stephen McNeil - premier, minister of intergovernmental affairs, aboriginal affairs, regulatory a...
Jun 15, 2017
Gord Downie, indigenous activist Sylvia Maracle to receive Order of Canada on Monday
OTTAWA - Gord Downie and indigenous activist Sylvia Maracle will be appointed to the Order of Canada on Monday, while Downie’s Tragically Hip bandmates will also receive one of the country’...
Jun 15, 2017
'Only fair': McKenna on excluding Saskatchewan, Manitoba from $2B carbon fund
OTTAWA - Manitoba and Saskatchewan have been given until the end of December to sign on to the federal government’s national climate change agreement to avoid losing out on millions of dollars t...
Jun 15, 2017
CRTC bans cellphone unlocking fees, clarifies rules for so-called family plans
OTTAWA - Cellphone companies will soon no longer be allowed to charge customers to unlock their devices, Canada’s telecom regulator said Thursday as it unveiled sweeping changes to the wireless ...
Jun 15, 2017