Category Archives: Canada
Hardware vulnerability exposed in majority of computers made in the last decade
TORONTO - Technology experts warn a “really, really serious” security vulnerability could affect the majority of computers made in the last decade, but a fix being rushed to users has a do...
Jan 03, 2018
Booze warning labels worked in U.S., says researcher after Yukon cautions pulled
VANCOUVER - A United States researcher involved in a study on alcohol warning labels in Yukon that was halted after pushback from the liquor industry says caution messages have proven effective elsewh...
Jan 03, 2018
'Sounds more like North Korea than Canada,' says artist behind stalled subway art
Two artists behind a controversial art installation commissioned for a newly opened subway station in Toronto say the city’s refusal to greenlight the project has ironically achieved what the ar...
Jan 03, 2018
Police officer killed in Abbotsford, B.C., remembered by British colleagues
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The name of a slain British Columbia policeman has been added to a memorial for fallen officers in the United Kingdom. Northumbria Police held a service in Wallsend last week to hon...
Jan 03, 2018
More than two million vehicles sold in Canada for first time in 2017
Canadians last year purchased more than two million vehicles for the first time thanks to record sales of light trucks. DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. said new vehicles sold in 2017 hit a high...
Jan 03, 2018
Crude language at Alberta gas station over province's carbon tax
SPRUCE GROVE, Alta. - A gas station operator near Edmonton has used some unparliamentary language to publicly protest an increase in Alberta’s carbon tax. The illuminated sign at the Tempo Gas S...
Jan 03, 2018
Who is Albert Schultz? A few facts on the theatre figure facing 4 sex assault lawsuits
TORONTO - Albert Schultz, founder of the acclaimed Toronto-based Soulpepper Theatre Company, is facing four lawsuits alleging sexual assault and harassment. The allegations have not been proven in cou...
Jan 03, 2018
Vancouver oil spill trial should proceed without alleged boat operator: Crown
VANCOUVER - The prosecution of a Greek shipping firm accused of operating a vessel that leaked thousands of litres of bunker fuel into Vancouver’s English Bay should be allowed to take place whe...
Jan 03, 2018
Cutting-edge design school, named for Lululemon exec Chip Wilson, opens in B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. - A state-of-the-art design school named after the founder of active wear giant Lululemon is the latest addition to Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s campus in Richmond, B.C. The ...
Jan 03, 2018
Infrastructure bank could be 'key' for U.S.-Canada high-speed rail: study
OTTAWA - A multibillion-dollar proposal to connect Vancouver to the U.S. northwest by “ultra high-speed” rail appears to check off most, if not all, the boxes for funding consideration by ...
Jan 03, 2018
