Category Archives: Canada
The awful death of Jack Webb: Wife tells how crowded hospital failed her husband
HALIFAX - Jack Webb had had enough. He’d languished for six hours in a chilly emergency-room hallway, had a broken IV in his arm, and was bumped from his room by another dying patient during fiv...
Apr 25, 2017
Carr warns of softwood lumber job losses, says Canada standing by to help
OTTAWA - Canada is exploring how best to challenge the hefty import duties being slapped on Canadian softwood lumber exported to the United States, promising to support Canadian workers and companies ...
Apr 25, 2017
Loonie takes a hit from lumber duties expected to result in job losses
MONTREAL - U.S. duties on softwood lumber imports helped drive the Canadian dollar to its weakest level in more than a year on Tuesday, with the U.S. move expected to inflict job losses on rural commu...
Apr 25, 2017
Montreal funeral parlour with reported Mafia ties hit with suspected arson
MONTREAL - A suspected case of arson at a funeral home with reported ties to a major organized crime family in Montreal is being investigated by police. Police spokesman Raphael Bergeron said today th...
Apr 25, 2017
Man charged after female TV reporter hit with sexist slur in Newfoundland:police
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A 27-year-old Newfoundland man has been charged for allegedly yelling a sexually explicit phrase at a TV journalist, who went to police with the complaint because she said she...
Apr 25, 2017
Sorry Mexico, step aside China; it's Canada's turn to get blasted by Trump
WASHINGTON - Step aside, China and Mexico: Canada is now U.S. President Donald Trump’s whipping-boy-du-jour on trade, something he made abundantly clear Tuesday with a tweet, a tax, a threat, a ...
Apr 25, 2017
Great-West to cut 1,500 jobs over two years, part of business transformation
WINNIPEG - Great-West Lifeco will cut 1,500 positions over the next two years in response to changing technology and customer expectations, the financial services company said Tuesday. The cuts - whic...
Apr 25, 2017
RCMP trial on labour code violations in N.B. shooting hears from tactical expert
MONCTON, N.B. - Research into carbine rifles for frontline Mounties was shelved amidst a firestorm of controversy related to the 2007 Tasering death of Robert Dziekanski, an RCMP expert testified Tues...
Apr 25, 2017
Six stories in the news today, April 25
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, April 25 --- U.S. HITS CANADA WITH SOFTWOOD LUMBER DUTIES The United States has fired the opening shot in a latest softwood-lumber war against Canada, with the Tru...
Apr 25, 2017
TV debate marks show time for B.C. election; parties look to turn on voters
VICTORIA - It’s show time in British Columbia’s election campaign with Wednesday’s debate between the three party leaders offering a high-stakes chance to leave a mark on the campaig...
Apr 25, 2017
