Category Archives: Canada
Canadian Coast Guard to increase focus on Arctic through creation of new branch
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The federal Liberal government is turning its face to the North with changes in a major ministry and at the Canadian Coast Guard. “It is definitely a step toward a northern st...
Oct 24, 2018
STOP Narcotics protocol takes scalpel to opioid prescribing for surgical patients
TORONTO - With the recognition that physician prescribing plays a significant role in Canada’s opioid crisis, a team of researchers has developed a program called STOP Narcotics to dramatically ...
Oct 24, 2018
'Highly respected' mediator called in as postal workers keep Toronto plants shut
OTTAWA - The federal government named a special mediator Wednesday in hopes of ending rotating walkouts at Canada Post that forced closure of the Crown corporation’s biggest sorting plants for a...
Oct 24, 2018
'Highly respected' mediator called in as postal workers keep Toronto plants shut
OTTAWA - The federal government named a special mediator Wednesday in hopes of ending rotating walkouts at Canada Post that forced closure of the Crown corporation’s biggest sorting plants for a...
Oct 24, 2018
Bank of Canada raises rate, signals future hikes could arrive sooner
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada raised its trend-setting interest rate Wednesday and sent signals that future hikes could be upon Canadians sooner than previously expected. With a big source of trade unce...
Oct 24, 2018
Bank of Canada raises rate, signals future hikes could arrive sooner
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada raised its trend-setting interest rate Wednesday and sent signals that future hikes could be upon Canadians sooner than previously expected. With a big source of trade unce...
Oct 24, 2018
In the news today, Oct. 24
Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, Oct. 24 --- BANK OF CANADA EXPECTED TO HIKE INTEREST RATE With some trade uncertainty now out of the way, the Bank of Canada is widely expected to hike its ben...
Oct 24, 2018
In the news today, Oct. 24
Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, Oct. 24 --- BANK OF CANADA EXPECTED TO HIKE INTEREST RATE With some trade uncertainty now out of the way, the Bank of Canada is widely expected to hike its ben...
Oct 24, 2018
With eye to election, senators push Trudeau to fulfil non-partisan Senate vow
OTTAWA - The head of the coalition of independent senators says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must quickly kickstart changes to the law guiding life in Parliament to truly fulfil his promise of an ind...
Oct 24, 2018
Northwest Territories not meeting key duties in child services: auditor general
YELLOWKNIFE - Nearly two-thirds of foster care homes in the Northwest Territories don’t get basic screening before receiving children to look after, says a critical report from the auditor gener...
Oct 24, 2018
