Category Archives: Canada
Federal centre flags signs of cash linked to fentanyl scourge in new alert
OTTAWA - Traffickers are exploiting Canadian money service businesses to buy deadly fentanyl from overseas and then launder the proceeds through banks and credit unions, warns the national financial i...
Jan 31, 2018
Senators push for stronger legislation for boosting diversity on boards
OTTAWA - The Liberals should toughen up proposed legislation aimed at boosting diversity on corporate boards at publicly traded companies if they want it to be effective, says a group of senators push...
Jan 31, 2018
B.C. Liberals to elect new leader among field of veterans and newcomers
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s Liberals will elect a new leader Saturday with an assignment to ignite and guide the party from an unfamiliar position in Opposition after 16 years in power. An est...
Jan 31, 2018
In the news today, Jan. 31
Eight stories in the news for Wednesday, Jan. 31 --- TRUMP: WE WILL ‘FIX’ TRADE DEALS U.S. President Donald Trump refrained from his oft-stated threat to scrap the NAFTA accord in his firs...
Jan 31, 2018
Canadian drillers moving rigs south to chase better prospects in Texas oilfields
CALGARY - A growing number of Canadian drilling rigs are being moved south of the border to take advantage of brighter prospects in the United States - and observers say it’s unlikely they will ...
Jan 31, 2018
Federal analysis outlines how extra EI benefit program topped $1.92 billion
OTTAWA - A Liberal program to give extra employment insurance benefits to workers in regions hit hard by a drop in natural resource prices will end up costing almost $2 billion - more than double orig...
Jan 31, 2018
B.C.'s coroner says over 1,422 people died of illicit drug overdoses last year
VANCOUVER - Illicit drug overdoses claimed 1,422 lives in British Columbia last year, setting a new threshold for the crisis that has been fuelled by the powerful opioid fentanyl. The BC Coroners Serv...
Jan 31, 2018
Former B.C. government aide gets nine-month conditional sentence in vote scheme
VANCOUVER - A former government communications director received a nine-month conditional sentence Wednesday for using his public job to attract ethnic votes for British Columbia’s Liberal party...
Jan 31, 2018
Trump to Congress: Talks about fixing trade deals, not about scrapping them
WASHINGTON - Facing scores of his fellow Republicans publicly pleading with him not to cancel NAFTA, U.S. President Donald Trump refrained from his oft-stated threat to scrap the continental pact whil...
Jan 30, 2018
Private prosecution against Mount Polley mine tailings spill stayed
VICTORIA - Private charges filed by a woman relating to the 2014 collapse of the tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine in British Columbia have been stayed. British Columbia’s public prosecution...
Jan 30, 2018
