Category Archives: Canada
Strike ends at Toronto's Pearson airport
TORONTO - Striking ground crews at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport have accepted a tentative contract. Employees at Swissport voted 63 per cent in favour of the new agreement reached ear...
Oct 15, 2017
Ontario college faculty go on strike
TORONTO - Faculty at 24 Ontario colleges went on strike late Sunday, affecting more than 500,000 students. The Ontario Public Services Employees Union says the two sides couldn’t resolve their d...
Oct 15, 2017
Ship brings propane to Churchill, will leave with stranded Via Rail train
CHURCHILL, Man. - A ship has arrived in Manitoba’s northern port of Churchill, bringing fuel to heat the town through the winter and also carrying away a train that’s been stranded there s...
Oct 15, 2017
As U.S. shocks with NAFTA demands, other countries asking: What does Trump want?
ARLINGTON, United States - The chief U.S. negotiator shrugged his shoulders when asked about signs of trouble in the NAFTA talks on Sunday. John Melle pulled open a door, entered a work room, and offe...
Oct 15, 2017
Past mistakes, soul-searching feature in first B.C. Liberal debate
SURREY, B.C. - Six of the candidates running to lead British Columbia’s Liberals laid out their ideas to rebuild the party Sunday in a debate that dwelled at times on what went wrong in last spr...
Oct 15, 2017
Demonstrators gather at Ontario legislature to protest racism
TORONTO - Hundreds of people gathered at the Ontario legislature Sunday for a rally to protest racism. The demonstrators braved heavy rains to speak out against white supremacy and the far right. Afte...
Oct 15, 2017
New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant ties the knot at fall wedding
SAINT ANDREWS, N.B. - Canada’s youngest premier is officially off the market after tying the knot. Premier Brian Gallant, who is in his mid-30s, got married in St. Andrews, N.B. on Friday evenin...
Oct 15, 2017
Halifax neighbourhood overrun by homecoming parties, leads to 22 arrests
HALIFAX - Nearly two dozen partygoers were arrested after a series of off-campus celebrations for Dalhousie University’s homecoming weekend overran a Halifax neighbourhood. Police estimate up to...
Oct 15, 2017
Telus apologizes after 'years-old' ad causes brief Twitter controversy
CALGARY - Telus is apologizing after what the company says was a five-year-old ad caused a brief stir on social media on Saturday. The ad’s text read that not having the most HD sports channels ...
Oct 15, 2017
NDP calls for emergency debate in the Commons on Sears liquidation
OTTAWA - The NDP is urging the Speaker of the House of Commons to allow an emergency debate on the fate of current and former employees of Sears Canada on Monday. New Democrat MP Scott Duvall says a d...
Oct 15, 2017
