Category Archives: Canada
Worker protections paramount in NAFTA talks, labour minister says
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Protecting workers’ rights is a fundamental Canadian objective in ongoing negotiations to update the free-trade agreement with the United States and Mexico, Labour Minister P...
Dec 08, 2017
In the news today, Dec. 6
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Dec. 6 --- PM TRUDEAU: WORLD AT “PIVOT POINT” ON OPENNESS The world is at a “pivot point” and will fail unless countries embrace free tra...
Dec 08, 2017
Labrador retriever supports children suspected of suffering from abuse, neglect
HALIFAX - He loves yoga, squeaky toys and long romps in the woods. But the newest employee at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax has a special place in his heart for kids. Dorado, a three-year-old Labra...
Dec 08, 2017
Alleged hitman granted new murder trial, 14 years after conviction
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia man convicted of committing a Hells Angels-ordered killing in October 2000 has been granted a new trial by the province’s Court of Appeal. Dean Kelsie was convicted of fi...
Dec 08, 2017
'It's as bad as it sounds:' Ash borer beetle makes first appearance in the West
WINNIPEG - An invasive beetle that has already ravaged millions of trees in Central Canada and the U.S. has made its first appearance in the West. The emerald ash borer, a highly efficient killer of a...
Dec 08, 2017
Niagara Region apologizes to reporter after seizing his equipment
The Niagara Region has apologized to a reporter for seizing equipment staff thought was being used to record a closed council session, an incident journalism organizations decried as an assault on pre...
Dec 08, 2017
Canadian media organizations grapple with requests to 'unpublish' articles
TORONTO - The relief Martin Streete felt the day he walked out of court a free man erodes with every click of Google’s search button. Every time he researches his name, he’s confronted wit...
Dec 08, 2017
CRA backs down in row with diabetics denied disability tax credit
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency took steps Friday to quell a furor over what critics were calling its heartless treatment of diabetics. Disability advocates and opposition parties have been excoria...
Dec 08, 2017
Ontario caribou facing wolf attacks to be moved off island by helicopter
Endangered caribou on an island in Lake Superior will be rounded up, blindfolded and placed inside a helicopter to travel to a new home early next year as the Ontario government tries to save them fro...
Dec 08, 2017
GM Canada proposing first of its kind renewable energy project at Ontario facility
OSHAWA, Ont. - General Motors of Canada is proposing to build a renewable energy project at its St. Catharines Propulsion Plant in Ontario, a first of its kind endeavour for the automaker which it est...
Dec 08, 2017
