Category Archives: Canada
Pumpkin spice? How about a Buffalo sauce latte, asks Tim Hortons
VANCOUVER - It may be pumpkin spice season, but in the latest move by restaurants to create social media buzzworthy concoctions, Tim Hortons is experimenting with a far more bizarre new latte flavour:...
Oct 13, 2017
Nova Scotia aims to cut wait times for knee, hip replacements to six months
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is moving to significantly cut Canada’s worst wait times for hip and knee replacements, as it strives to meet the national standard over the next four years - or possibly e...
Oct 13, 2017
Morneau to unveil changes to controversial small business tax proposals
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau will unveil changes Monday aimed at mollifying the many critics of his controversial small business tax reform proposals, hoping to tamp down a political wildfir...
Oct 13, 2017
National energy strategy an ongoing discussion, not single report: Carr
OTTAWA - Almost two years ago, the first assignment given to Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr was to produce a national energy strategy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in his mandate letter to Carr...
Oct 13, 2017
Sears Canada granted permission to liquidate remaining 130 stores
TORONTO - For Blaise Lyle, Sears Canada’s decision to shut its doors for good after 65 years stirs up a lot of emotion. After all, the national retailer, which received approval from an Ontario ...
Oct 13, 2017
Manslaughter charges possible for fentanyl dealers: B.C. public safety minister
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia’s minister of public safety says dealers whose fentanyl-laced drugs cause death could face a manslaughter charge. Mike Farnworth, who is also solicitor general, s...
Oct 13, 2017
Nova Scotia doctor acquitted of fraud, unlawful possession of narcotics
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - A Halifax-area doctor has been acquitted of fraud and unlawful possession of narcotics, but remains unable to practice as she faces a professional disciplinary probe. Dr. Sarah Daw...
Oct 13, 2017
Canadian writers, actors join Twitter boycott amid Weinstein sex scandal
Canadian writers, actors and women’s rights advocates joined a contentious international boycott of Twitter on Friday after the social media platform became mired in the Harvey Weinstein sex sca...
Oct 13, 2017
U.S. demand on autos for NAFTA: Make huge changes, immediately
ARLINGTON, United States - The United States is presenting a quadruple-whammy demand on auto manufacturing at the NAFTA negotiations, including a strict “Made In America” requirement with ...
Oct 13, 2017
Uber backs off plans to shutter Quebec operation, says it will continue for now
MONTREAL - Ride-hailing service Uber is backing down on a threat to shutter its Quebec operations, at least for now. The multinational announced Friday it won’t pull the plug on its Quebec wing ...
Oct 13, 2017
