Category Archives: Canada
Canine comfort: Retriever to help Alberta paramedics work through job stress
EDMONTON - Some four-legged canine comfort is coming to paramedics in Alberta. Alberta Health Services says it has enlisted a three-year-old black Labrador retriever to help responders overcome psycho...
Oct 16, 2017
Airbus shakes up industry with majority stake in Bombardier CSeries program
MONTREAL - European aircraft giant Airbus Group is shaking up the global airline business by buying a majority stake in Bombardier’s CSeries program and assembling the plane in the U.S. to avoid...
Oct 16, 2017
Loblaw Companies lays off 500 office workers in cost-cutting drive
VANCOUVER - Loblaw Companies Ltd. is laying off 500 of its office workers, but the company says it still expects to create more jobs than it eliminates this year. “Today is a very difficult day,...
Oct 16, 2017
Pharmacists say rural B.C. needs injectable treatment in overdose crisis fight
VANCOUVER - Chronic opioid users in rural and remote communities in British Columbia need access to supervised injectable treatment that is already available in the Vancouver area, says the head of th...
Oct 16, 2017
Nova Scotia's cap and trade needs targets to be effective, committee told
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s proposed cap and trade regime must have declining emissions caps in order to be effective, the legislature’s law amendments committee was told Monday. Proposed amen...
Oct 16, 2017
Chief seeks Trudeau's help to stop U.S. oil drilling in caribou breeding ground
OTTAWA - A 40-year battle over oil drilling in an Arctic wildlife refuge in Alaska could become the latest political irritant in a growing list of disagreements between U.S. President Donald Trump and...
Oct 16, 2017
NAFTA: U.S. demands end to supply management in Canadian dairy, poultry, eggs
ARLINGTON, United States - The United States has lit the fuse on one of Canada’s most politically explosive trade issues, asking in NAFTA talks for an end to the supply management system for dai...
Oct 16, 2017
Police lay 330 charges and arrest 33 during Queen's homecoming weekend
KINGSTON, Ont. - Police say they laid hundreds of charges during Queen’s University homecoming celebrations in Kingston, Ont., over the weekend. They say 307 of the 330 charges were under the Li...
Oct 16, 2017
Somali-Canadians left reeling after bombing in Mogadishu, call for Canada to help
Somali-Canadians left reeling after a bomb blast killed hundreds in Mogadishu over the weekend are calling for Canada to offer help to those affected by the horrific attack. More than 300 people were ...
Oct 16, 2017
Canadian horse 'checks in' at pet-friendly Kentucky motel
A Kentucky motel’s pet-friendly policy was put to the test earlier this month when an Ontario woman checked her horse into a room on her way to a competition. Lindsey Partridge, of Kawartha Lake...
Oct 16, 2017
