Category Archives: Canada
Measures protecting Canadian dairy industry under fire at U.S. NAFTA hearing
OTTAWA - Canadian measures to protect the dairy industry came under the microscope at a U.S. congressional hearing on revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement Tuesday, suggesting the Liberal ...
Jul 18, 2017
Federal help to cover veterans' funeral costs not reaching some families: audit
OTTAWA - The families of some recently deceased veterans may not be getting the help paying for funerals that they deserve, an internal government audit has found, prompting a renewed commitment to ou...
Jul 18, 2017
Trump sign removed from downtown Toronto luxury hotel
TORONTO - The “Trump” sign is no longer on the Trump International Hotel and Tower in downtown Toronto. Workers removed the sign from the 65-storey tower Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Tru...
Jul 18, 2017
Canadian retailers worry as Trump pushes for higher cap on duty-free goods
Donald Trump may have unwittingly resurrected an issue that has been hotly contested for years in Canada’s retail industry when he unveiled his list of objectives for the upcoming NAFTA renegoti...
Jul 18, 2017
Graves of 45,000 veterans in disrepair due to funding shortfall: audit
OTTAWA - The veterans’ grave markers standing in orderly rows are clean and well-maintained on a brilliant summer afternoon. The words on each are easy to read, even those carved decades ago, wh...
Jul 18, 2017
Ontario court halts quarry project over lack of consultation with First Nations
An Ontario court has halted a limestone quarry project on the Bruce Peninsula nearly a decade in the making after finding the province failed to properly consult First Nations whose traditional territ...
Jul 18, 2017
Ex-ski coach Bertrand Charest to appeal sex-crime convictions
MONTREAL - Ex-ski coach Bertrand Charest is appealing his conviction on 37 sex-related charges, with documents filed Tuesday seeking an acquittal or a new trial. A lawyer for the former high-performan...
Jul 18, 2017
Lotto winner in Kamloops, B.C., donates some of his windfall to wildfire relief
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A British Columbia lottery winner says he will donate some of his cash to the province’s wildfire battle. Jason Labby of Kamloops won $500,000 playing the Extra on the July 7 Lo...
Jul 18, 2017
Veteran telecom exec could make CRTC less consumer friendly, advocates warn
GATINEAU, Que. - The appointment of telecom industry insider Ian Scott as the next chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has sparked both concerns that the regula...
Jul 18, 2017
Tories, NDP want Liberals to outline NAFTA priorities before Commons committee
OTTAWA - Conservatives and New Democrats are joining forces in a bid to pressure the Trudeau government to reveal its priorities for the imminent renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreeme...
Jul 18, 2017
