Category Archives: Canada
Five things to know about Aeroplan points and Air Canada's new loyalty program
TORONTO - Air Canada (TSX:AC) is saying au revoir to Aeroplan as it unveils plans to start an in-house loyalty rewards program in 2020. Here’s what that means for the five million Aeroplan membe...
May 11, 2017
Full business investment rebound unlikely in advanced economies: Bank of Canada
OTTAWA - A new Bank of Canada analysis says it has doubts business investment in advanced economies will accelerate back to its level before the 2007-09 global financial crisis. The discussion paper s...
May 11, 2017
DNA evidence in retrial of accused in Winnipeg teen's death flawed: defence
WINNIPEG - The lawyer for a man accused of killing a teenaged girl in Winnipeg three decades ago told court Thursday the Crown’s evidence is deeply, fatally flawed. In his closing arguments, Sau...
May 11, 2017
Wilson-Raybould said impaired driving bill would not violate charter rights
Demanding a breath sample from a motorist is no different than asking for their licence and registration, Canada’s justice minister argued Thursday as the federal Liberal government defended its...
May 11, 2017
N.B. wryly roasts Ottawa for erroneously placing famous rock formation in N.S.
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick had to give Ottawa a geography lesson - Twitter-style - after a federal agency mistakenly put the famous Hopewell Rocks in Nova Scotia. The “flower pot” rocks a...
May 11, 2017
Federal cost of natural disaster help has been steadily rising since 1970
GATINEAU, Que. - The increasing number and intensity of natural disasters in Canada pushed Ottawa’s bills for federal help to $360 million a year since 2011 - three times what the annual cost wa...
May 11, 2017
Air Canada to launch its own loyalty rewards program in 2020 to replace Aeroplan
TORONTO - Air Canada said Thursday it will launch its own loyalty rewards plan in 2020 and not renew its contract with the company running Aeroplan, sending Aimia’s stock plummeting by more than...
May 11, 2017
Groups want hearings on proposal to grow genetically modified salmon in P.E.I.
ROLLO BAY, P.E.I. - Environmental groups say public hearings should be held on a proposed factory in P.E.I. that would produce the world’s first genetically modified salmon for human consumption...
May 11, 2017
Quebec premier says government flood damage compensation likely to increase
MONTREAL - The compensation ceiling for victims of Quebec’s historic floods will likely be increased, Premier Philippe Couillard said Thursday as citizens across the province continued to strugg...
May 11, 2017
N.S. Progressive Conservatives release 'optimistic' platform for May 30 vote
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservatives have released an election platform promising millions in spending commitments along with balanced budgets - an “optimistic” plan the...
May 11, 2017