Category Archives: Canada
Swissport says it's coping with workers strike at Pearson, union disagrees
TORONTO - There were widely differing accounts Sunday on how Canada’s busiest airport coped with the strike of 700 ground workers. Swissport, which employs the strikers at Toronto’s Pearso...
Jul 30, 2017
Two more North Atlantic right whales found dead on Newfoundland's west coast
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Two more dead whales have washed ashore on Newfoundland’s west coast. The federal fisheries department says the discoveries bring the total of confirmed North Atlantic r...
Jul 30, 2017
'Experts say N.S. intimate photos case unlikely to deter teens
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - It had all the trappings of a typical teen romance, until it became part of a high-profile case that shines a light on the consequences of mixing digital images and sexuality. The ...
Jul 30, 2017
'Buy America' policies to loom large as Canada gets ready for NAFTA talks
OTTAWA - The United States wants to maintain - and even expand - the Buy America provisions that restrict government procurement to companies using materials from within its borders, while making it e...
Jul 30, 2017
Researchers creating warning system for toxic algae in lakes
TOLEDO, Ohio - Satellites in space and a robot under Lake Erie’s surface are part of a network of scientific tools trying to keep algae toxins out of drinking water supplies in the shallowest of...
Jul 30, 2017
Calgary police dog stabbed in the line of duty, suspect in custody
CALGARY - A youth accused of stabbing a Calgary police dog during an arrest faces charges under a new section of the criminal code that protects law enforcement animals. Acting Staff Sgt. James Lines ...
Jul 30, 2017
Workers, advocates call for changes to Temporary Foreign Worker program
MONTREAL - Henry Aguirre, a temporary foreign worker from Guatemala, considered himself lucky when he got a job in Quebec as a chicken catcher, rounding up poultry and handing them over for processing...
Jul 30, 2017
'Skeletons can tell you a lot.' Exhuming remains at 18th-century fort
LOUISBURG, N.S. - The former residents of a massive 18th-century fort in Cape Breton have long since died, but David Ebert says they still have plenty to tell us. Ebert, a strategic adviser with Parks...
Jul 30, 2017
Ontario First Nation resident seeks long-promised air pollution review
A resident of a southern Ontario First Nation surrounded by industrial facilities is taking the provincial government to court to demand it complete an air quality review promised eight years ago. Ada...
Jul 30, 2017
Employee who pushed and ejected man from Canadian Tire no longer with company
REGINA - A Canadian Tire staff member who physically removed an Indigenous man from a store in Regina is no longer with the company, a spokesperson said Sunday. Kamao Cappo of the Muscowpetung First N...
Jul 30, 2017