Category Archives: Canada
Quebec takes hard line on cannabis with bill raising legal age to 21
QUEBEC - The Quebec government tabled legislation Wednesday that would impose the strictest cannabis controls in the country, raising the legal age to 21 and outlawing consumption in public. The Coali...
Dec 05, 2018
Grassy Narrows First Nation chief not 'a believer' in PM's reconciliation pledge
OTTAWA - An Ontario First Nation suffering from generations of mercury poisoning still needs a treatment centre and help for children harmed by the toxic metal, its chief said Wednesday. Until Grassy ...
Dec 05, 2018
Bank of Canada keeps rate unchanged in face of lower economic expectations
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has done as analysts expected and opted to leave its key interest rate steady at 1.75 per cent. Economists are more interested in what Governor Stephen Poloz has to say in ...
Dec 05, 2018
Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante apologizes for delivering speech in English
Montreal’s mayor apologized Wednesday for speaking almost entirely in English as she delivered a speech highlighting international foreign investment in Montreal. Valerie Plante admitted she had...
Dec 05, 2018
Winnipeg-based insurance company closed for day after overnight threat
WINNIPEG - Thousands of Winnipeg employees of insurance giant Great-West Life Assurance Co. were told to stay home Wednesday because of a threat against the business. Police said a building security t...
Dec 05, 2018
Mulroney fights tears in loving tribute to former president George Bush
WASHINGTON - It was his first NATO meeting in 1989, and as a parade of world leaders took turns at the podium, newly elected U.S. president George H.W. Bush was taking a lot of notes. Brian Mulroney, ...
Dec 05, 2018
Packaged kale salad recalled due to possible Listeria contamination, CFIA says
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says one of Eat Smart’s packaged salads has been recalled due to possible Listeria contamination. The agency says the 156-gram packages of Salad Shak...
Dec 05, 2018
In the news today, Dec. 5
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Dec. 5 --- BRISON, MacNAUGHTON TO JOIN MULRONEY AT BUSH FUNERAL Liberal cabinet minister Scott Brison and ambassador David MacNaughton will join former prime mi...
Dec 05, 2018
Bank of Canada expected to hold benchmark interest rate as economic clouds gather
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is widely expected to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent today after a 25-basis-point increase at its last setting in October. This morning’...
Dec 05, 2018
B.C. climate change plan aims to build economy around renewable energy
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has introduced a strategy to shift away from fossil fuels and build the provincial economy around reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but also leaves portion...
Dec 05, 2018
