Category Archives: Canada

Negotiators report progress in latest round of NAFTA trade talks in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY - The latest round of NAFTA negotiations wrapped up Tuesday with the three countries declaring they have made progress, and committing to work through the harder negotiating issues in time...
Kayla Derkach Sep 05, 2017
Canada faces political risk at United Nations over treaty to ban nuclear weapons
OTTAWA - The unfolding North Korean nuclear crisis is exposing Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government to international criticism that it is too soft on nuclear disarmament - and too close to the sa...
Kayla Derkach Sep 05, 2017
Man accused of using drone to get drugs into Montreal prison denied bail
MONTREAL - A man suspected of using a drone to get drugs into the courtyard of a Montreal prison has been denied bail. Tyree Virgo, 46, has been in custody since his arrest Aug. 3. He was charged the ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 05, 2017

Tax changes needed to avoid 'two classes of Canadians': finance minister
VANCOUVER - Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau says income-tax reforms are needed because small business owners have an unfair advantage that could create two classes of Canadians for tax rates and...
Kayla Derkach Sep 05, 2017

Governments provide $20 million to help ranchers rebuild from B.C. fires
VANCOUVER - Ranchers who have lost animals and land to devastating wildfires across British Columbia are getting help from the provincial and federal governments. The governments have announced $20 mi...
Kayla Derkach Sep 05, 2017
Some evacuees settling in for possible long stay in Winnipeg, Brandon
WINNIPEG - Hundreds of northern Manitoba residents forced to flee forest fires are heading home this week but most evacuees still have no idea when they might return. The Canadian Red Cross says the f...
Kayla Derkach Sep 05, 2017
Public advocacy centre skeptical of data breach reporting regulations
OTTAWA - Companies would be required to notify people of a serious data breach involving personal information under proposed new federal regulations. But the regulations are intended to provide “...
Kayla Derkach Sep 05, 2017

Globe and Mail to tap into online data to help reshape daily newspaper
TORONTO - The Globe and Mail is putting more faith in algorithms as part of a newspaper redesign that’s influenced by what’s trending on its website. A print revamp that launches Dec. 1 wi...
Kayla Derkach Sep 05, 2017

Emily Carr University unveils new campus, Granville Island left with vacancy
VANCOUVER - It’s like giant white canvass waiting for students to leave their mark. Emily Carr University of Art and Design unveiled its pristine $122.6 million campus in Vancouver’s east ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 05, 2017
Video game giant Ubisoft announces $780-million Quebec expansion
MONTREAL - Twenty years after coming to Quebec, French video game giant Ubisoft announced plans Tuesday to invest $780 million in the province by 2027, hire more than 1,000 people and open two new stu...
Kayla Derkach Sep 05, 2017

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