Category Archives: Canada
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Nov. 13 --- DUTERTE GETS TRUDEAU A SEAT AT SECURITY EVENT: Rodrigo Duterte went “out on a limb” to secure a key invitation for Justin Trudeau to a...
Nov 13, 2017
Shoppers Drug Mart issues job posting for medical marijuana brand manager
TORONTO - Shoppers Drug Mart is looking to hire a medical marijuana brand manager as it tries to position itself in the burgeoning cannabis market, even though it is not currently legal to distribute ...
Nov 13, 2017
Filipinos urge Trudeau to take out Canadian trash still festering in Manila
MANILA, Philippines - Justin Trudeau’s visit to the Philippines brought him within a short walk of a Canadian controversy that has lingered in the Port of Manila for years: about 100 stranded co...
Nov 13, 2017
AltaCorp Capital founder, oil and gas financier George Gosbee dies suddenly
CALGARY - Investment firm AltaCorp Capital Inc. says its founder and CEO, Calgary oil and gas financier George Gosbee, died suddenly on Sunday. Gosbee was a former governor of the National Hockey Leag...
Nov 13, 2017
Trudeau: Peacekeeping plan will satisfy UN and Canadian values
OTTAWA - While Canadian officials and the United Nations have been furiously trying to iron out the details of Canada’s long-awaited peacekeeping plans, one senior UN official says no final deci...
Nov 13, 2017
Ontario colleges, faculty clash ahead of contract vote, strike enters week 5
TORONTO - Ontario’s colleges and the union representing striking faculty members are accusing each other of spreading misinformation ahead of a contract vote in the labour dispute that has left ...
Nov 13, 2017
Canadians among researchers to find earliest evidence of winemaking in the world
TORONTO - Archeologists from Canada are among a team of researchers who say they’ve unearthed the earliest evidence of winemaking in the world, dating the origin of the practice back hundreds of...
Nov 13, 2017
'Canada needs a better approach:' Health groups want alternatives to opioids
CALGARY - An interim report released at a pain management conference suggests the best way to cut down on opioid addiction is to not prescribe the drugs in the first place. Michael Heitshu, chairman o...
Nov 13, 2017
Environment Canada says southern Quebec smog alert could last until Wednesday
MONTREAL - Environment Canada says a smog alert it issued for southern Quebec late Sunday is expected to continue through Tuesday and possibly into Wednesday morning. The areas of the province affecte...
Nov 13, 2017
Canadian tax-evasion fight zeros in on transactions involving Israeli bank
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency is seeking information from three Canadian banks about customer transactions linked to a major Israeli financial institution as part of a federal crackdown on offsho...
Nov 13, 2017
