Category Archives: Canada
Vancouver fire crews responded to more than 6,000 overdose calls this year
Vancouver firefighters have responded to more than 6,000 overdose calls this year, a 28 per cent increase over last year with a month remaining in 2017. Mayor Gregor Robertson says the numbers highlig...
Dec 08, 2017
Nova Scotia's past wrongs must be foundation for better future:premier
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia will only reach its potential when people who have been previously excluded, like African Nova Scotians and the Mi’kmaq, can see themselves as participants in society, Prem...
Dec 08, 2017
Boeing won't end dispute with Bombardier despite Liberal plan to buy used jets
OTTAWA - Boeing has weighed in on the Trudeau government’s plan to buy second-hand fighter jets from Australia, saying it respects the decision but has no intention of abandoning its trade dispu...
Dec 08, 2017
Aecon Group wins two regulator approvals for $1.5 billion sale to Chinese buyer
CALGARY - Construction company Aecon Group Inc. says it has received two regulatory permissions needed for it to be sold to a Chinese state-owned company for $1.5 billion. The deal with CCCC Internati...
Dec 08, 2017
Critics decry ban on sexual touching at strip clubs in London, Ont.
TORONTO - A municipal ban on sexual touching in strip clubs is putting sex workers at risk, hampering their ability to make money and denigrating their autonomy, according to some activists in London,...
Dec 08, 2017
In town for meetings, but Trudeau takes time for restaurant stop in Saskatoon
SASKATOON - People grabbing breakfast at a Saskatoon restaurant Friday morning also got the chance to catch a glimpse of the prime minister. Justin Trudeau stopped at the Hometown Diner, where he shoo...
Dec 08, 2017
Toronto, Seattle mayors make friendly wager over MLS Cup game
TORONTO - As Toronto and Seattle prepare to face each other on the soccer pitch Saturday, their mayors are making a friendly wager on who will take home the MLS Cup. If Toronto FC wins the championshi...
Dec 08, 2017
Settlement reached in lawsuit against hospital over unsterilized forceps
FREDERICTON - A tentative settlement of more than $1.2 million has been reached in a class-action lawsuit against a New Brunswick hospital over the use of unsterilized biopsy forceps over a 14-year pe...
Dec 08, 2017
PM nominates veteran lawyer Pierre Legault as Senate ethics watchdog
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is nominating a veteran government lawyer to be the new Senate ethics officer. Pierre Legault is a former associate deputy justice minister, the highest-ranked c...
Dec 08, 2017
Text messages can be considered private even once received, Supreme Court says
OTTAWA - Canadians can expect the texts they send to remain private - at least in some cases - even after the messages reach their destination, the Supreme Court declared Friday in setting aside the f...
Dec 08, 2017
