Category Archives: Canada
Government and business not keeping up with speed of technology: report
TORONTO - A new report suggests the speed of technological advances has become so rapid that it’s outpacing the rate at which large Canadian businesses and government institutions can adapt, wit...
Oct 19, 2017
Health ministers looking at electronic database to fight opioid crisis
EDMONTON - Canada’s health ministers are looking at ways of working together, including an electronic prescription database, to fight the growing crisis in opioid addictions. “(It’s ...
Oct 19, 2017
Brink's Canada, Unifor, sign tentative agreement
TORONTO - A tentative agreement has been reached between Brink’s Canada Ltd., and Unifor, to avert a strike that was due to begin Thursday. The agreements covers about 800 Brink’s workers ...
Oct 18, 2017
High-end Edmonton condominium costs $3.1 million but comes with free Bentley
EDMONTON - A luxury penthouse in the heart of a developing area of downtown Edmonton has hit the market and it comes with a perk - a free $200,000 car. The 3,000 square-foot, two-storey condo is on th...
Oct 18, 2017
Ex-Just For Laughs president Gilbert Rozon facing sexual misconduct allegations
MONTREAL - Gilbert Rozon, the founder of the Just For Laughs comedy festival, is facing allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault from at least nine women who came forward Thursday. Le Devoi...
Oct 18, 2017
Manitoba chiefs say federal lawsuit could delay repairs to Churchill rail line
WINNIPEG - The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is urging Ottawa not to throw a plan off track that could lead to the fixing of a broken rail line that services Churchill and other northern communities. Om...
Oct 18, 2017
Quebec changes hearings into racism, new forum will tackle 'discrimination'
MONTREAL - Quebec’s immigration minister announced Wednesday the government would be changing its widely criticized plan to hold public consultations on so-called systemic discrimination. Instea...
Oct 18, 2017
Opposition hammers proposed changes to Access to Information law
OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers were on the defensive Wednesday as opposition parties hammered proposed changes to the law that gives Canadians access to government files. The criticisms largely ec...
Oct 18, 2017
Radon tests to be required for Yukon day homes, child care centres: territory
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government will make radon testing a licensing requirement for new and existing child care centres and day homes in the territory. If the tests are positive, those same faciliti...
Oct 18, 2017
Canada passes Magnitsky human rights law, sparking Russian threats
OTTAWA - Russia is accusing Canada of causing irreparable harm to their relations after Parliament formally passed the so-called Magnitsky Act targeting the actions of gross human rights violators. Bu...
Oct 18, 2017
