Category Archives: Canada
"Advocate for ingenuity': Payette praised as choice for next Governor General
OTTAWA - The choice of former astronaut Julie Payette as Canada’s next Governor General received widespread praise Thursday, even from those who had hoped an Indigenous person might be tapped to...
Jul 13, 2017
Public housing agency fined $100,000 in seniors building fire that killed four
Toronto’s public housing agency has pleaded guilty to a fire code violation in relation to a blaze at a seniors residence that killed four people last year. The city says in a statement that the...
Jul 13, 2017
Inquiry commission to mediate protracted labour dispute at Halifax Herald
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has called for an inquiry into the 18-month-old labour dispute between the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Canada’s largest independently owned daily newspaper, an...
Jul 13, 2017
CFIA reverses decision to flag wine from two West Bank wineries as mislabelled
TORONTO - Wines from the West Bank can continue to be sold in Canada with the label “Product of Israel,” the federal food inspection agency said Thursday, reversing an earlier decision tha...
Jul 13, 2017
Supreme Court of Canada won't hear Oland appeals, retrial date to be set
OTTAWA - Dennis Oland could soon be back in a New Brunswick courtroom, facing trial for the second-degree murder of his multimillionaire father all over again, but his lawyer says that’s just wh...
Jul 13, 2017
Toronto library reviewing policies after controversial event sparks outrage
TORONTO - The Toronto Public Library is reviewing its policies after a gathering at a local branch to honour a lawyer who defended people associated with the white supremacy movement was met with wide...
Jul 13, 2017
Baloney Meter: 'A little baloney' in claim feds couldn't stop Khadr lawsuit
OTTAWA - “Further protracted proceedings in the civil suit would add millions more in costs beyond the $5 million already accumulated and not including the damage claim itself of another $20 mil...
Jul 13, 2017
At The Turn: Handmade in Halifax, leather covers turn heads worldwide
OTTAWA - For many Canadians, golf is a family affair. For the Bishop brothers, it’s become a family business. The parallels between playing the game and becoming an entrepreneur are not lost on ...
Jul 13, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, July 13
Six stories in the news for Thursday, July 13 --- NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL TO BE NAMED TODAY Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to introduce Canada’s next governor general today. And, sources...
Jul 13, 2017
U.S. widow, blinded soldier lose bid for urgent freeze of Omar Khadr's cash
TORONTO - A Canadian judge wasted precious few minutes on Thursday in refusing to freeze a reported $10.5-million payout to Omar Khadr so the widow of a slain American soldier he was accused of killin...
Jul 13, 2017