Category Archives: Canada
Thomson Reuters to cut 2,000 jobs worldwide as it speeds up streamlining
TORONTO - Thomson Reuters (TSX:TRI) says it’s eliminating 2,000 positions around the world as it speeds up efforts to streamline and simplify its global information services organization. The la...
Nov 01, 2016
Economy grew 0.2 per cent in August, reinforcing expectations of rebound
OTTAWA - The economy grew by 0.2 per cent in August, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, reinforcing expectations that the country is poised for a rebound in the third quarter. The measure of real gross d...
Nov 01, 2016
Testimony continues today in case of New Brunswick boys killed by python
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - Testimony continues today in the jury trial of a man charged in the deaths of two young New Brunswick boys who were suffocated by a python. On Tuesday, the jurors heard the emotion...
Nov 01, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Nov. 1
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 1 --- STRIKE AVERTED AFTER FORD, UNIFOR REACH TENTATIVE DEAL The union representing 6,700 autoworkers at Ford in Canada said it has reached a tentative agreem...
Nov 01, 2016
Several Quebec companies beat deadline to sign up for reimbursement program
MONTREAL - More than a dozen Quebec companies stepped forward ahead of a deadline Tuesday with restitution plans for having obtained public contracts through fraud or other questionable means. Those w...
Nov 01, 2016
Former prime minister Paul Martin welcomes signing of Canada-EU trade deal
MONTREAL - Europe’s decision to sign the Canada-EU trade agreement shows it chose not to shut its borders despite the tumult caused by the Brexit vote, former prime minister Paul Martin said Mon...
Oct 31, 2016
No verdict Monday at Jacques Corriveau's fraud trial in Montreal
MONTREAL - The jurors at Jacques Corriveau’s fraud trial will deliberate again on Tuesday after the fourth full day of deliberations came and went without a verdict. The former federal Liberal o...
Oct 31, 2016
Saskatchewan NDP calls for action after another aboriginal girl kills herself
LA RONGE, Sask. - There is more heartbreak in northern Saskatchewan where another indigenous girl has committed suicide - the sixth in the province this month. The NDP Opposition said the 13-year-old ...
Oct 31, 2016
The legal road for Travis Vader in case of missing Alberta seniors
EDMONTON - A judge has changed his second-degree murder verdict to manslaughter in the high-profile case of Travis Vader. Vader was accused of killing Lyle and Marie McCann, who vanished six years ago...
Oct 31, 2016
Unifor and Ford reach tentative agreement last minute to avert strike
TORONTO - The union representing 6,700 autoworkers at Ford in Canada said it has reached a tentative agreement and secured a $700-million product investment from the automaker after a tense round of t...
Oct 31, 2016
