Category Archives: Canada
Finance Canada was cautious on linking child care to women at work: documents
OTTAWA - The Liberals hope their daycare budget pledge will help more women join the workforce, but newly released documents suggest federal finance officials were once cautious about a lack of data a...
Apr 25, 2017
First bison calves born in Banff National Park backcountry in 140 years
BANFF, Alta. - For the first time in more than 140 years, bison calves have been born in Banff National Park’s backcountry. Parks Canada said the first calf was born on Saturday in the Panther V...
Apr 25, 2017
Six deaths at Halifax nursing home connected to outbreak of respiratory virus
HALIFAX - Public health officials have linked six deaths at a Halifax nursing home to an ongoing outbreak of respiratory illness. The Nova Scotia Health Authority said it was notified April 4 about a ...
Apr 25, 2017
Some details about Canada's forestry industry
OTTAWA - Canada’s forest industry by the numbers: 201,645: Number of people working in forest industry in 2015 171: Number of Canadian communities where forestry represents at least 20 per cent ...
Apr 25, 2017
Quebec announces plan to help forestry sector in wake of U.S. duties
QUEBEC - The Quebec government is offering as much as $300 million in loans and loan guarantees to help protect the province’s forestry sector against softwood lumber duties levied by the United...
Apr 25, 2017
'It doesn't make me a murderer': Suspect defends actions in death of his wife
CALGARY - A man who has admitted to strangling his wife and to entombing her body with cement in the basement of their home says he’s responsible for her death, but that doesn’t make him a...
Apr 25, 2017
Witness chokes back tears describing hit-and-run death at Calgary gas station
CALGARY - A woman who witnessed the hit-and-run death of a Calgary gas station worker in 2015 choked back tears Tuesday as she described the incident. Joshua Cody Mitchell, 22, is on trial facing seve...
Apr 25, 2017
Trade minister courts China for softwood as U.S. announces duties
OTTAWA - With Canada and the United States at war over softwood lumber, the Liberal government decided the time was right to look eastward for a new customer: China. The prime minister announced the d...
Apr 25, 2017
Dairy, lumber, pharma: Trump team signals broader renegotiation of NAFTA
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprisingly caustic complaints about trade with Canada in recent days could be setting the stage for a broader renegotiation of the North American Fre...
Apr 25, 2017
Calgary couple accused of abusing nieces and nephew to learn fate in June
CALGARY - A couple accused of abusing their two nieces and a nephew with implements that included wooden spoons, needles and barbecue forks are to learn their fate in June. The children’s parent...
Apr 25, 2017
