Category Archives: Canada
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
Waiting for a musical like this? Foreigner's 'Jukebox Hero' to open next summer
CALGARY - It’s been 40 years since Foreigner released its first album and now the songs of the legendary rock group are being made into a musical. “Jukebox Hero” will tell the story ...
Oct 11, 2017
Nearby greenery may help Canadians live longer, new study suggests
FREDERICTON - A new study suggests having daily exposure to trees and other greenery can extend your life. Dan Crouse of the University of New Brunswick, along with other researchers across Canada and...
Oct 11, 2017
Police investigating 'suspicious' fire that left family dead in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - A woman, man and their seven-year-old daughter are dead in what police say is a suspicious fire at a home in Nanaimo, B.C. RCMP Cpl. Jon Stewart says it’s unclear what sparked th...
Oct 11, 2017
Captive Amanda Lindhout begged mother to pay ransom after severe beating
OTTAWA - After a year in captivity, Amanda Lindhout begged her mother during a frantic phone call to quickly come up with a hefty ransom because her Somalian abductors had started to torture her. In a...
Oct 11, 2017
Nova Scotia private member's bill seeks solace after still birth, miscarriage
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia woman who miscarried after contracting a serious infection and later lost a young child is urging the province to establish a day of awareness about miscarriage, still birth an...
Oct 11, 2017
Tentative deal reached for striking Toronto Pearson airport ground crew
TORONTO - Striking ground crew workers at Canada’s busiest airport have reached a tentative deal with their employer. Teamsters Canada and Swissport say the deal involving the workers at Toronto...
Oct 11, 2017
Ontario to spend $20M on sprinkler overhaul for small retirement homes
TORONTO - Small retirement homes that can’t afford to install automatic fire sprinklers, mostly in rural Ontario, can now apply for provincial government funding to get the life-saving systems i...
Oct 11, 2017
Feds ditch memo calling for controversial employee-discount tax, pending review
OTTAWA - The federal government has instructed the Canada Revenue Agency to remove a controversial tax policy interpretation that would have seen employees taxed for discounts they get at work. To cal...
Oct 11, 2017
