Category Archives: Canada

Hospital security guards facing increased violence due to meth crisis: union
WINNIPEG - The president of a Manitoba union representing security officers in the province’s hospitals has invited the health minister to sit with her in an emergency room to see the dangerous ...
Andrew Snook Sep 26, 2018

Trans Mountain CEO says pipe construction could restart in 2019 on NEB timeline
CALGARY - The president and CEO of Trans Mountain Corp. says its sidelined pipeline project could be back on track by next year under a new National Energy Board hearing schedule, setting it up for a ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 26, 2018

Hospital security guards facing increased violence due to meth crisis: union
WINNIPEG - The president of a Manitoba union representing security officers in the province’s hospitals has invited the health minister to sit with her in an emergency room to see the dangerous ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 26, 2018

Alberta city's cartoon cannabis spokesman up in smoke after parental backlash
LEDUC, Alta. - Buddy has gone up in smoke. The official cartoon cannabis spokesman for the City of Leduc, just south of Edmonton, only lasted about a week before the administration decided to roll him...
Kayla Derkach Sep 26, 2018
Federal use of A.I. in visa applications could breach human rights, report says
OTTAWA - A new report is warning about the federal government’s interest in using artificial intelligence to screen and process immigrant files, saying it could create discrimination, as well as...
Kayla Derkach Sep 26, 2018

Alberta city's cartoon cannabis spokesman up in smoke after parental backlash
LEDUC, Alta. - Buddy has gone up in smoke. The official cartoon cannabis spokesman for the City of Leduc, just south of Edmonton, only lasted about a week before the administration decided to roll him...
Andrew Snook Sep 26, 2018
Federal use of A.I. in visa applications could breach human rights, report says
OTTAWA - A new report is warning about the federal government’s interest in using artificial intelligence to screen and process immigrant files, saying it could create discrimination, as well as...
Andrew Snook Sep 26, 2018

Air Canada pilots say near collision should prompt better action on pilot fatigue
TORONTO - A near-collision of an Air Canada jet at San Francisco’s airport should be a wake-up call for the federal government to adequately address pilot fatigue for overnight flights, the unio...
Andrew Snook Sep 26, 2018
Hairy mission: Canadian military eases restrictions on beards in uniform
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces have been in a lot of hairy situations over the years, but is taking that notion in a totally different direction by officially easing its restrictions on beards whi...
Andrew Snook Sep 26, 2018
Scientists spot endangered whale not seen in Canadian waters for decades
OTTAWA - For a handful of researchers surveying marine life off British Columbia’s coast - it was a whale of a tale. This summer, a group of biologists and Canadian Coast Guard members became th...
Andrew Snook Sep 26, 2018

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