Category Archives: Canada

Potential replacements for Phoenix pay system to undergo testing soon: Brison
OTTAWA - Testing of prototypes to replace the federal government’s troubled pay system will begin within weeks, but there is no firm deadline for when a new system will be fully launched, the mi...
Andrew Snook Sep 19, 2018

Federal government accelerates phase-out of rupture-prone rail tankers
OTTAWA - The federal government is speeding up the timelines for the removal of rupture-prone tank cars from Canadian railroads. Ottawa has taken steps to phase out certain types of tank cars followin...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2018
B.C. judge tiptoes through divorce assets of decades-long cannabis grow-op
VANCOUVER - Mr. and Mrs. Smith “lived well.” Their “very successful family business,” illegally growing and selling marijuana for two decades, gained them properties in British...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2018

Toronto company offers cash to 'cannabis connoisseurs' to smoke marijuana
TORONTO - Getting paid to smoke pot is no longer a toker’s daydream. A cannabis firm is looking to hire five pot aficionados from across the country to sample the company's wares and get paid to...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2018

Potential replacements for Phoenix pay system to undergo testing soon: Brison
OTTAWA - Testing of prototypes to replace the federal government’s troubled pay system will begin within weeks, but there is no firm deadline for when a new system will be fully launched, the mi...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2018

New York Review of Books editor out after backlash over Jian Ghomeshi essay
TORONTO - The New York Review of Books has amended a personal essay by disgraced former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi to acknowledge the “serious nature” of the allegations against him, sho...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2018

New York Review of Books editor out after backlash over Jian Ghomeshi essay
TORONTO - The New York Review of Books has amended a personal essay by disgraced former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi to acknowledge the “serious nature” of the allegations against him, sho...
Andrew Snook Sep 19, 2018
Inquiry hears of Quebec-N.L. tensions over Churchill River energy
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - The Muskrat Falls inquiry has been told that Quebec’s hold on the Churchill River’s resources has long blocked Newfoundland and Labrador from accessing elusi...
Andrew Snook Sep 19, 2018
Inquiry hears of Quebec-N.L. tensions over Churchill River energy
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - The Muskrat Falls inquiry has been told that Quebec’s hold on the Churchill River’s resources has long blocked Newfoundland and Labrador from accessing elusi...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2018
A timeline of events in the Toronto council-cutting saga
TORONTO - A timeline of events in the battle between the Ontario government and Toronto over the size of the city’s council. July 27, 2018: Premier Doug Ford announces plans to slash the number ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2018

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