Category Archives: Canada
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Oct. 11 --- TRUDEAU GETS WARM RECEPTION IN WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has welcomed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the White House by hinting at the possibi...
Oct 11, 2017
Indigenous groups look for more funding, flexibility in revamped jobs strategy
OTTAWA - Indigenous leaders are asking the federal government to overhaul an employment program to help a young and growing population train for a first job and move up the corporate ladder. The key m...
Oct 11, 2017
Metro says Ontario automated distribution centres unrelated to minimum wage hikes
MONTREAL - Grocery store chain Metro Inc. says the construction of its first automated distribution centres are unrelated to its efforts to offset added costs from Ontario’s rising minimum wage....
Oct 11, 2017
Feds win bid to reargue the facts used in landmark assisted-dying case
VANCOUVER - Severely ill Canadians who don’t qualify for medical help in dying will suffer even longer while they wait to find out whether the federal government has violated their right to a me...
Oct 11, 2017
Action to bolster Alberta gas station worker safety this fall: labour minister
EDMONTON - Alberta’s labour minister says the province will take action this fall to protect service-station workers following the death of an employee in an apparent gas and dash. The governmen...
Oct 11, 2017
Urgent need for injectable addiction treatment in B.C.: addictions minister
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s addictions minister has tasked health authorities to move quickly to scale up use of an injectable drug that could save the lives of chronic substance users who ha...
Oct 11, 2017
Winnipeg police officer charged after pedestrian dies in hit-and-run
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg police officer is facing criminal charges, including impaired driving, after a fatal hit-and-run accident in the city. Const. Justin Holz was off-duty Tuesday night when a pedest...
Oct 11, 2017
New mother who lost limbs to flesh-eating disease sues Halifax hospital
HALIFAX - Lindsey Hubley was diagnosed with flesh-eating disease four days after giving birth and is now a quadruple amputee, has undergone a total hysterectomy and has been forced to spend the first ...
Oct 11, 2017
Delays meant 'headwinds' too great for $36B Pacific NorthWest LNG project: exec
CALGARY - Plentiful cheap natural gas is no guarantee that a Canadian LNG export industry will develop, says an executive with Progress Energy Canada, a division of Malaysia’s state-owned Petron...
Oct 11, 2017
International Monetary Fund report warns of Canada's high debt levels
The International Monetary Fund warns in a new report about Canada’s high debt levels and higher-than-average pressure on Canadian households’ ability to pay down that debt. The IMF says i...
Oct 11, 2017
