Category Archives: Canada
Accused N.L. thief offers police an iron-clad alibi: He was in jail at the time
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An alleged purse thief had the perfect alibi: He was securely locked up in the local jail. Now, a St. John’s, N.L., woman is facing mischief charges for accusing the man...
Apr 20, 2017
Federal government to test name-blind hiring for public service
TORONTO - The federal government will be testing whether hiding the names of job applicants would improve its hiring practices, in what it calls an effort to strengthen diversity and inclusion in the ...
Apr 20, 2017
Woman convicted of storing remains of six infants back in court in July
WINNIPEG - A woman convicted of concealing the bodies of six infants in a Winnipeg storage locker is to be in court July 7 for a sentencing hearing. Andrea Giesbrecht was found guilty in February of h...
Apr 20, 2017
Opposition wants price tag for government's cannabis tracking system
OTTAWA - The federal government is under fire from the opposition Conservatives for failing to disclose the cost of a planned cannabis tracking system - just one of a host of proposed changes to be us...
Apr 20, 2017
Federal innovation minister urges private sector to spend more on R&D
TORONTO - Federal Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is calling on the private sector to spend more on research and development to prepare for the rise of the digital economy. Speaking at a conference ...
Apr 20, 2017
List of housing measures proposed by Ontario government
TORONTO - The Ontario government has announced what it calls a comprehensive housing package aimed at cooling a red-hot real estate market. Here are the 16 proposed measures: - A 15-per-cent non-resid...
Apr 20, 2017
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee: Boxing, dancing therapy for Parkinson's
CALGARY - Shirley Jager has a wicked right hook and iridescent lime-green boxing gloves and shoes. She’s 79 and has taken up boxing as part of her own personal title bout against the ravages of ...
Apr 20, 2017
Alleged lack of protection for caribou prompts lawsuit against McKenna
OTTAWA - A wildlife advocacy group is taking Environment Minister Catherine McKenna to court for allegedly failing to tell Canadians how the country’s woodland caribou are being protected. The C...
Apr 20, 2017
Supreme Court to review 1969 deal that sparked longtime Quebec-N.L. hydro feud
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Perhaps no one was more cautiously thrilled than Tom Marshall to hear Thursday that Canada’s top court will review the long disputed Churchill Falls hydro deal - a case ...
Apr 20, 2017
OSC alleges former Home Capital CEOs, current CFO, broke securities law
TORONTO - Staff with Ontario’s securities regulator alleged on Wednesday that two former CEOs and the current CFO of Home Capital Group Inc. broke the law in their handling of a scandal involvin...
Apr 20, 2017
