Category Archives: Canada
A glimpse at the careers of the new hosts of 'The National'
TORONTO - CBC has selected a diverse foursome to oversee its flagship news program “The National.” Adrienne Arsenault, Rosemary Barton, Andrew Chang and Ian Hanomansing will share the host...
Aug 01, 2017
Letter accuses St Mike's college president of dishonouring school
TORONTO - A number of faculty and staff at a college within the University of Toronto are accusing their president of misrepresenting the school and shaming students in remarks made at an internationa...
Aug 01, 2017
Census data likely to show that fewer Canadian couples are getting married
MONTREAL - In a 37-year relationship that has seen them have three children together, Helene Gauvin and her partner, Andre Jauvin, have never formally tied the knot. While they’ve talked about g...
Aug 01, 2017
The big holdup in a Canada-U.S. lumber deal? Russian, German, Brazilian wood
WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States must chop down one big, remaining impediment to a deal on softwood lumber and this obstacle involves wood from neither country but from other places: Germany,...
Aug 01, 2017
Thunder Bay, First Nations leader pledge to fight racism in Ontario city
The city of Thunder Bay, Ont., and First Nations leaders in the region have signed a pledge to fight racism in the northern Ontario community, which has been plagued by tensions between Indigenous res...
Aug 01, 2017
York University says it will appeal federal court ruling on copyright fees
TORONTO - One of Canada’s largest universities says it will appeal a Federal Court ruling that found it was circumventing copyright fees in reproducing materials being handed out to students. To...
Aug 01, 2017

More women on stage: Comics discuss how to encourage women to perform stand-up
MONTREAL - Comedy clubs are still male-dominated and if more women are to take their place in the industry, booking agents, audiences and fellow artists need to do more to encourage them to perform st...
Aug 01, 2017

Bell asks CRTC to overturn Super Bowl ad decision, says it lost $11M in ad revenue
TORONTO - Six months before the next Super Bowl, Bell Media is relaunching its fight against the CRTC’s decision to ban the substitution of big-budget U.S. commercials with Canadian ones during ...
Aug 01, 2017

'Not a presidential-style campaign:' no platform from leadership hopeful Kenney
CALGARY - Former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney says he won’t have a policy platform as he seeks the leadership of Alberta’s new United Conservative Party. Kenney announced what he ...
Aug 01, 2017

Walmart Canada scraps online pickup fee in latest shot across grocery bow
Walmart Canada is eliminating the pickup fee from its online grocery service as it braces for increasing competition in a business where profit margins are already razor thin. The retail giant said Tu...
Aug 01, 2017