Category Archives: Canada
RCMP charge Ontario man who allegedly tried to import fentanyl patches
LONDON, Ont. - The Mounties say an Ontario man is charged with allegedly trying import the deadly opioid fentanyl. They say the 56-year-old London, Ont.-area man was arrested on Thursday and charged w...
Jun 01, 2017
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, June 1 U.S. WITHDRAWS FROM PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD: President Donald Trump has announced that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, but will...
Jun 01, 2017
No sanctions for 43 of 45 Home Capital brokers and agents, Ontario regulator says
TORONTO - An Ontario regulator says it will not be disciplining 43 of the 45 mortgage brokers and agents that mortgage lender Home Capital cut ties with over allegations they falsified loan applicatio...
Jun 01, 2017
Canada's softwood industry and Thursday's support package, by the numbers
OTTAWA - The federal government announced a support package Thursday worth $867 million to help the lumber industry cope with and adjust to the impact of U.S. tariffs on Canadian softwood. That packag...
Jun 01, 2017
Pizza oven affected Montreal air quality readings, report says
Montrealers can breathe a sigh of relief to learn their air is less polluted than previously thought - due in part to a pizza oven that was skewing air quality readings. An environmental report releas...
Jun 01, 2017
Man, 87, charged after SUV hits school bus, sending 10 students to hospital
AMHERST, N.S. - Ten Nova Scotia schoolchildren received minor injuries when their school bus collided with an SUV en route to a field trip Thursday. Amherst police said the SUV driver, an 87-year-old ...
Jun 01, 2017
No new fighter jet talks amid Boeing-Bombardier spat, say Liberals
OTTAWA - Despite its trade spat with Boeing, the federal government says it isn’t talking to other companies about replacing some of its aging CF-18 jet fighters. Steve MacKinnon, the parliament...
Jun 01, 2017
Federal housing agency beefing up ability to detect mortgage fraud, CEO says
TORONTO - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is beefing up its ability to detect patterns that may indicate mortgage fraud after being directed to do so by the federal government, the agency’s pr...
Jun 01, 2017
Senate report urges more support, schools for French education in B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia needs to build more French-only schools and increase access to French language education to support the province’s Francophone community and prevent children from los...
Jun 01, 2017
N.S. Liberals accused of turning their back on ex-staffer after domestic assault
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is staying mum after a former staffer says the Liberals turned their back on her when she was assaulted by another party staffer - her partner. In an inter...
Jun 01, 2017
