Category Archives: Canada
Canada to rejoin NATO AWACS program, defence minister confirms
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says Canada will rejoin NATO’s airborne warning and control system, a program which the Harper government abandoned. Speaking in a conference call from Br...
Feb 15, 2018
Plan for reform to medical inadmissibility policy coming in April: Hussen
OTTAWA - Next steps for Canada’s policy on taking medical conditions into account when accepting or rejecting permanent residents will be laid out by mid-April, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen...
Feb 15, 2018
Westons' Choice Properties to create Canada's largest REIT, buys rival for $3.9B
TORONTO - The Weston family is poised to create Canada’s largest real estate investment trust through a $3.9-billion deal for its publicly traded Choice Properties REIT to buy Canadian Real Esta...
Feb 15, 2018
Home sales fall across Canada to reach their lowest level in 3 years: CREA
A flood of buyers and sellers looking to close deals late last year ahead of looming tighter mortgage rules resulted in a 14.5 per cent “payback” drop in home sales between December and Ja...
Feb 15, 2018
Shaw president says voluntary departure of 3,300 employees is a 'good outcome'
TORONTO - The departure of one-quarter of Shaw Communications Inc.’s workforce will be manageable -and mitigated by a technology-driven push toward customer self-service - even though the 3,300 ...
Feb 15, 2018
CP NewsAlert: Canada wins silver in luge relay
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada has earned its second Olympic luge medal, finishing second in the team relay at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The team of singles sliders Alex Gough an...
Feb 15, 2018
CP NewsAlert: Canadian speedskater Bloemen wins gold in men's 10,000 metres
GANGNEUNG,, Korea, Republic Of - Calgary speedskater Ted-Jen Bloemen has won the gold medal in the men’s 10,000 metres at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Bloemen, the world record holder in the...
Feb 15, 2018
TSB calls for improved safety at rail crossings after death of man in wheelchair
MONCTON, N.B. - In the early morning darkness of July 27, 2016, a CN freight train with three locomotives, 169 loaded freight cars, and 18 empty freight cars was travelling through Moncton, N.B., when...
Feb 15, 2018
Despite lip service on reducing waste, Ottawa gave plastics giant $35M grant
OTTAWA - The Liberal government gave $35 million to a chemical company that makes plastic resins just one day before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to use Canada’s G7 presidency to get o...
Feb 15, 2018
In the news today, Feb. 15
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Feb. 15 --- ONTARIO PC CANDIDATES SET FOR DEBATE The four people hoping to lead Ontario’s PConservative party will square off in an hour-long debate today i...
Feb 15, 2018
