Category Archives: Canada
Canadian economy shrinks in second quarter, worst showing since financial crisis
OTTAWA - Weak exports and the Alberta wildfires hammered the Canadian economy as it posted its worst quarterly performance since the global financial crisis, but the three-month period ended on a posi...
Aug 31, 2016
Envoy lists snags to Canada-China free trade: labour, environment and investment
BEIJING - Formal free trade talks between Canada and China have yet to proceed because of snags over labour, the environment and concerns linked to Chinese state-owned enterprises, says Ottawa’s...
Aug 30, 2016
China gives Canada reprieve in canola dispute by extending deadline
BEIJING - China says it will lift a fast-approaching deadline to introduce rule changes on Canadian canola shipments that threatened to inflict damage on the multibillion-dollar sector. Starting Thurs...
Aug 30, 2016
Canadian National Exhibition shuts down early due to fights, overcrowding
TORONTO - The Canadian National Exhibition shut down a few hours earlier than planned on Tuesday night due to overcrowding and fighting inside the fairgrounds. The CNE said on its website that it was ...
Aug 30, 2016
NDP handily wins Nova Scotia byelection race in Halifax party stronghold
HALIFAX - The provincial NDP in Nova Scotia has handily won a byelection in one of its Halifax strongholds in what one pollster says is an early test of the party’s leftward shift. Unofficial re...
Aug 30, 2016
Canada Post, postal union avert job action, reach tentative deals
OTTAWA - Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk says Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have reached tentative agreements, averting the prospect of a labour dispute that has loomed over th...
Aug 30, 2016
Canada Post, postal union avert job action, reach tentative deals
OTTAWA - Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk says Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have reached tentative agreements, averting the prospect of a labour dispute that has loomed over th...
Aug 30, 2016
Man accused in Winnipeg mail bombings fires his lawyer
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man accused of sending letter bombs in the mail, including one that cost a lawyer her hand, has fired his lawyer. Guido Amsel, who faces five counts of attempted murder, told cou...
Aug 30, 2016
Trudeau says Canada seeking to join controversial Chinese infrastructure bank
BEIJING - Justin Trudeau has announced plans to apply for a controversial new international infrastructure bank led by China - an initiative Ottawa insists will provide a boost to global and Canadian ...
Aug 30, 2016
Domestic violence cost Canadian employers $78 million in 2009: report
OTTAWA - Manitoba is the first jurisdiction in Canada where victims of domestic violence are allowed to take leave from the workplace. Employers have expressed concern about the burden it places on th...
Aug 30, 2016
