Category Archives: Canada
Fight for $15 minimum wage has businesses, economists question economic impact
Ontario’s minimum wage workers are set to get a bump in their paycheques after the province voted in favour of raising the standard to $15 an hour over the next two years. Currently at $11.60 an...
Nov 22, 2017
Food banks to benefit as mayors of Toronto and Calgary make Grey Cup bet
TORONTO - The mayors of Toronto and Calgary say they’ve agreed to the terms of the traditional Grey Cup bet as the Argonauts and Stampeders prepare to meet Sunday in Ottawa. Calgary Mayor Naheed...
Nov 22, 2017
N.S. judge failed to recognize evidence in cabbie's sexual assault case: Crown
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia judge who acquitted a taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting an intoxicated passenger failed to recognize the nature of the evidence before him and made several errors in l...
Nov 22, 2017
Legal pot could see justice costs climb, not drop, Alberta's Notley says
OTTAWA - Alberta’s premier says she’s worried that marijuana legalization could drive up policing and court bills her province cannot afford to pay. The justice system is already overburde...
Nov 22, 2017
Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital says it plans to create 'world's leading' MS centre
TORONTO - A Toronto hospital says it plans to create the world’s leading treatment and research centre for multiple sclerosis. St. Michael’s Hospital says the BARLO MS Centre will occupy t...
Nov 22, 2017
Montreal's ugly Christmas tree inspires holiday-themed village of imperfections
Montreal’s infamous ugly Christmas tree of 2016 - one that generated headlines and social media posts around the world because of its awkward appearance - is the inspiration behind an entire vil...
Nov 22, 2017
'I knew I was bleeding:' Lawyer who lost hand in letter-bomb blast testifies
WINNIPEG - A lawyer whose hand was blown apart by a letter bomb recalled the few seconds when she hesitated before opening the strange package that had landed on her desk. Maria Mitousis told an attem...
Nov 22, 2017
Canadian screen stars want 'action' from industry meeting on sexual misconduct
TORONTO - Compared to Hollywood, Canada’s screen industry is tiny. And by all accounts, there are fewer egos, bullies and power-trippers on the scale of Harvey Weinstein within it. “But of...
Nov 22, 2017
HBC says Competition Bureau's mattress pricing probe has cost it US$425,000
OTTAWA - Hudson’s Bay Co. (TSX:HBC) says it has spent more than US$425,000 to date to comply with demands for documents from Canada’s competition watchdog as it investigates alleged decept...
Nov 22, 2017
B.C. plow operator praised for speedy, potentially life-saving work
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A snowplow operator in southeastern British Columbia is being praised for his role in saving the life of an elderly man. Vern Radloff rushed to assist first responders in Cranbrook t...
Nov 22, 2017
