Category Archives: Canada
CRTC weighs impact on revised wireless code following Rogers request for delay
TORONTO - It’s all but certain that the Canadian telecom industry’s revised wireless code of conduct won’t be fully implemented before Christmas, including a change in the way custom...
Nov 15, 2017
Canada offers helicopters, planes, trainers to UN, but no decision on where
VANCOUVER - Canada inched closer to a much-anticipated return to peacekeeping on Wednesday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered the UN badly needed soldiers, equipment and a fresh feminist perspec...
Nov 15, 2017
Members of Canada's Zimbabwean community hope Harare turmoil brings change
Members of Canada’s Zimbabwean community are expressing hope that political turmoil unfolding in their homeland will bring lasting change after longtime president Robert Mugabe was placed under ...
Nov 14, 2017
Anna Paquin, Viola Desmond among those added to Canada's Walk of Fame
TORONTO - Sprinter Donovan Bailey says he knows that his induction into Canada’s Walk of Fame will affect the way he’s seen by future generations. “This is definitely a huge legacy p...
Nov 14, 2017
Van, sidearm stolen from Manitoba RCMP officer after struggle during escort
ST. LAURENT, Man. - An agency that investigates serious police actions in Manitoba says an RCMP officer was escorting a man to Winnipeg when he wrestled the Mountie’s gun away from him and took ...
Nov 14, 2017
Ultra low-cost airline battle heats up as Canada Jetlines prepares to launch
MONTREAL - The ultra low-cost airline battle is heating up as fledgling airline Canada Jetlines prepares to take on WestJet’s efforts to regain its mantle as the country’s low-cost leader....
Nov 14, 2017
Doctors encourage inoculation against painful shingles, laud new vaccine
TORONTO - Like many Canadians, Anne Van Burek had chickenpox as a child. But she never expected the virus that causes the itchy rash to come back to haunt her decades later. In February, Van Burek dev...
Nov 14, 2017
Canada takes softwood lumber dispute with U.S. to NAFTA appeal panel
OTTAWA - Canada is turning to the North American Free Trade Agreement in its bid to stop U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber. A letter from a Canadian lawyer was hand-delivered Tuesday to the Amer...
Nov 14, 2017
Nova Scotia man gets 18-month jail sentence for abusing young daughters
HALIFAX - A 55-year-old Nova Scotia man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for sexually abusing his two young daughters over a 10-year period. A Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruling released Tuesday ...
Nov 14, 2017
Canada and Mexico cold to U.S. using TPP to make progress in NAFTA
OTTAWA - As NAFTA negotiations resume this week, Canada and Mexico have been taking a hard line against the so-called “poison pills” the U.S. has put forward during their increasingly acri...
Nov 14, 2017
