Category Archives: Canada

Former Tory cabinet minister, leadership contender Leitch to quit politics
OTTAWA - Failed Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch says she won’t seek re-election in 2019. Leitch gained notoriety during the leadership race for her controversial proposal to scre...
Kayla Derkach Jan 24, 2018

Aurora-CanniMed $1B cannabis deal puts pressure on competitors
Aurora Cannabis Inc.’s friendly billion-dollar deal to buy rival licensed producer CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. marks the biggest acquisition the marijuana sector has seen and puts pressure on the...
Kayla Derkach Jan 24, 2018

In the news today, Jan. 24
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Jan. 24 --- LIBERALS TO DELIVER CANADA POST REFORMS The federal Liberals will spell out a long-term plan to reform Canada Post today, including a permanent freez...
Kayla Derkach Jan 24, 2018

Cara's Keg acquisition latest move in restaurant industry consolidation
Cara Operations Ltd.’s deal to buy The Keg restaurants is the latest consolidation move in an industry dominated by three operators that account for one-sixth of restaurant sales in Canada. Cara...
Kayla Derkach Jan 24, 2018

PM Trudeau applying pressure on U.S. in NAFTA talks, says Wilbur Ross
DAVOS, Switzerland - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his speech at the World Economic Forum to apply pressure on the United States in the NAFTA renegotiation, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross su...
Kayla Derkach Jan 24, 2018

Liberals to end community mail box conversions, but won't restore door-to-door
OTTAWA - A program launched by the Harper Conservatives to end door-to-door mail delivery in Canada was formally ended Wednesday by the Trudeau government as part of a new plan the Liberals say will e...
Kayla Derkach Jan 24, 2018
Calgary skydiver killed in Southern California roof crash
PERRIS, Calif. - Authorities have identified a skydiver who died when he fell onto the roof of a home in Southern California. The Riverside County coroner’s bureau says the man who died Monday a...
Kayla Derkach Jan 23, 2018

Tempers flare as old, new B.C. Liberal leadership candidates debate
VANCOUVER - Tempers flared at the B.C. Liberal leadership debate in Vancouver as veterans butted heads over the future of the party with newer faces calling for change. Former cabinet ministers Mike d...
Kayla Derkach Jan 23, 2018
Police identify body found in burned car in B.C.; death ruled a homicide
TRAIL, B.C. - RCMP say a body found in the trunk of a burnt out car in British Columbia is believed to be the victim of a targeted homicide. Mounties say the grey 1999 Honda Civic was found abandoned ...
Kayla Derkach Jan 23, 2018
Bodies of father, teenage daughter recovered after ATV accident in B.C.
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - A search for a man and his teenage daughter who were swept away while crossing a Vancouver Island creek on an all-terrain vehicle has come to an end after both bodies were found...
Kayla Derkach Jan 23, 2018

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