Category Archives: Canada
Cost of ministerial car trips, by the numbers
OTTAWA - The transportation expenses claimed by Health Minister Jane Philpott are in the spotlight after it was revealed she signed off on a $1,708 bill for a single day’s worth of high-end car ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 18, 2016
Canada Post contract negotiations stall week before CUPW strike mandate expires
TORONTO - With one week left before the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ strike mandate expires, a spokesman for the union says negotiating with Canada Post without the mandate is not an option...
Kayla Derkach Aug 18, 2016
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Aug. 18 ___ BRAZILIAN POLICE SAY U.S. SWIMMERS WERE NOT ROBBED: Brazilian police said Thursday that swimmer Ryan Lochte and U.S. teammates were not robbed a...
Kayla Derkach Aug 18, 2016
One car crash on Nova Scotia highway leads to eight others, RCMP say
SHUBENACADIE, N.S. - RCMP say a single-car crash on a Nova Scotia highway led to eight other crashes. It started over the noon hour Thursday, when a 46-year-old man lost control of a Ford Freestyle an...
Kayla Derkach Aug 18, 2016

Ontario liver donor inspired to help impoverished children in Vietnam
Kris Chung knew he had to help when he first read about an unspeakable choice facing an Ontario father who could only save the life of one of his two ailing three-year-old twin daughters. Chung was in...
Kayla Derkach Aug 18, 2016
Overdose deaths continue to peak in B.C., fentanyl more prevalent: study
VANCOUVER - Overdose deaths in British Columbia linked to illicit drug use continue to climb in 2016, with far more incidents being linked to the dangerous opioid fentanyl. While deaths across the pro...
Kayla Derkach Aug 18, 2016
All aboard safe as mechanical issue diverts British Airways plane to Gander
GANDER, N.L. - All passengers and crew are safe as a mechanical issue forced a British Airways jet flying from Paris to Newark to land at an airport in central Newfoundland today. Gander International...
Kayla Derkach Aug 18, 2016
Millions in new funding announced for infrastructure projects in N.B.
MONCTON, N.B. - The federal and New Brunswick governments have announced an agreement to spend more than $176 million on 51 infrastructure projects. According to a release, the federal government will...
Kayla Derkach Aug 18, 2016

Flight attendant suing WestJet says she feels validated by policy review
CALGARY - A former flight attendant suing WestJet says a review into the airline’s workplace harassment policies validates her view that the company is failing to protect its employees. The Calg...
Kayla Derkach Aug 18, 2016

Televised Tragically Hip show an 'unprecedented event:' CBC
TORONTO - Few Canadian television events qualify as a momentous occasion for the nation, but Saturday’s Tragically Hip concert promises to be special. It seems like much of the country will be t...
Kayla Derkach Aug 18, 2016

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