Category Archives: Canada
Canada not walking the walk on cutting greenhouse gas emissions: OECD leader
TORONTO - To an international diplomat, the irony is painful - the country that promised action on climate change is falling behind while the country that has spurned a major treaty on the issue is ma...
Nov 01, 2017
University of the Fraser Valley investigating breach of student information
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The personal information of more than two dozen students attending the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia has potentially been breached online. Spokesman Dave Pinto...
Nov 01, 2017
A look at the next three years of immigration to Canada, by the numbers
OTTAWA - The federal government has unveiled its plan for immigration to Canada over the next three years. There are four major streams: economic programs for skilled labour, provincial immigration pr...
Nov 01, 2017
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Nov. 1 --- AT LEAST 3 DEAD IN ONTARIO HIGHWAY PILEUP: At least three people have been killed in a multi-vehicle pileup that sent a wave of fuel and flames ...
Nov 01, 2017
Tribunal rules in favour of gay Indigenous man rejected for Alberta auto shop job
VEGREVILLE, Alta. - A gay First Nations man who was turned down for a job at an autobody shop east of Edmonton has been awarded $56,000 in damages and lost wages by a human rights tribunal. The Albert...
Nov 01, 2017
It's time for action, OPP commissioner tells trucking industry after fatal crash
TORONTO - The trucking industry needs to take a close look at the way it conducts business in the aftermath of a deadly multi-vehicle crash that authorities believe was caused by a transport truck dri...
Nov 01, 2017
Canada to admit 340,000 immigrants a year by 2020 under new three-year plan
OTTAWA - The federal government sought Wednesday to introduce more stability into Canada’s immigration system by introducing a plan that sets out a gradual rise in admissions over the next three...
Nov 01, 2017
Highway crash highlights emotional risks for first responders combing through wreckage
TORONTO - As first responders searched for bodies in the wreckage of more than a dozen vehicles involved in a deadly Ontario crash, experts warned that such traumatic experiences place them at an incr...
Nov 01, 2017
Parti Quebecois members celebrate Rene Levesque on 30th anniversary of his death
QUEBEC - Parti Quebecois caucus members have paid tribute to party co-founder Rene Levesque on the 30th anniversary of his death. Levesque became premier in 1976 and was re-elected in 1981 before step...
Nov 01, 2017
Quebec premier leaning toward forming committee to monitor anti-corruption unit
QUEBEC - The stormy debate over the arrest of a member of Quebec’s legislature continued Wednesday as Premier Philippe Couillard said he is leaning toward the creation of an independent committe...
Nov 01, 2017
