Category Archives: Canada
PM to apologize Nov. 24 for residential schools in Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - It was described as a “double dagger to the heart” when former residential school students from Newfoundland and Labrador were shut out of a national apology in 20...
Oct 06, 2017
Man accused of throwing object at Quebec premier pleads guilty to assault
MONTREAL - A man who threw a projectile at Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard at a vigil for victims of the Orlando massacre has pleaded guilty to assault charges. Esteban Torres was charged after thro...
Oct 06, 2017
Contract negotiations begin for 5,000 Bell clerical employees in Ontario, Quebec
MONTREAL - Bell Canada and the union representing 5,000 of its office workers in Quebec and Ontario have begun negotiating a new collective agreement. Unifor, the union representing Bell’s cleri...
Oct 06, 2017
A timeline of the commercial dispute between Boeing and Bombardier
A timeline of the commercial dispute between Boeing and Bombardier: – April 27: Chicago-based Boeing Co. asks the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to...
Oct 06, 2017
An explainer on U.S. export duty petitions affecting Canada
MONTREAL - The U.S. Department of Commerce is adding nearly 80 per cent in preliminary anti-dumping duties on exports of Bombardier’s CSeries commercial jet. The Montreal-based aircraft manufact...
Oct 06, 2017
Bombardier fights back after new duty put on CSeries sales to U.S.
MONTREAL - Bombardier Inc. accused the Trump administration of overreach by siding with Boeing in its bid to shut the CSeries commercial jet from the world’s largest airline market by effectivel...
Oct 06, 2017
Tight oil export pipeline capacity expected to persist as Energy East cancelled
CALGARY - It’s more vital than ever that three other pipelines to oil export markets proceed as planned in the wake of TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) shelving its Energy East pipeline on Thursday, ...
Oct 06, 2017
Leonard Cohen's final book due out in October 2018
TORONTO - The final book of poetry Leonard Cohen wrote, put together himself and finished in the months before his death last November will hit shelves next year. McClelland and Stewart said Friday it...
Oct 06, 2017
Parents of Canadian lifer in Florida hoping governor will lend them an ear
TORONTO - The ailing parents of a Canadian man who has spent three decades behind bars in Florida are hoping to make a case for his transfer to Canada directly to the state’s governor when he vi...
Oct 06, 2017
Holocaust monument plaque that didn't mention Jews to be replaced
OTTAWA - Days after it was unveiled, the space for the dedication plaque at the National Holocaust Monument is empty, marked only by bolt holes. The plaque’s now in for a rewrite, after failing ...
Oct 06, 2017
