Category Archives: Canada
Shopify sees big uptick in U.S. job applicants after Trump's election, CEO says
TORONTO - It’s a great time for Canadian startups to attract top talent from south of the border as the U.S. government is creating an unwelcoming environment, the chief executive of Shopify say...
Jun 28, 2017
Quebec invests $147 million in five-year plan to help First Nations and Inuit
Quebec is investing $147 million to help the social and cultural development of First Nations and Inuit in the province. With the five-year plan, the province wants to introduce new services to improv...
Jun 28, 2017
Penn West shares plunge after SEC files fraud charges involving three former execs
CALGARY - Shares in Penn West Petroleum dropped sharply Wednesday morning after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced it had filed fraud-related charges against it and three former fin...
Jun 28, 2017
Five Eyes stress sharing information to battle 'relentless' terrorist plots
OTTAWA - Security and justice officials from the Five Eyes countries plan to explore “more timely and detailed” information sharing to detect terrorists and extremist fighters. Daesh and i...
Jun 28, 2017
Conditional discharge, community service for Blue Jays can tosser Ken Pagan
TORONTO - A man who threw a beer can onto the field during a dramatic Blue Jays playoff game last fall was given a conditional discharge Wednesday, after his lawyer argued the public humiliation he su...
Jun 28, 2017
Carcass of right whale towed to P.E.I. to determine cause of death
NORWAY, P.E.I. - The Canadian Coast Guard and Fisheries and Oceans Canada have beached a dead right whale on a Prince Edward Island shore in a bid to learn what killed at least six of the endangered m...
Jun 28, 2017
Boeing wins delay in duty ruling on petition against Bombardier CSeries
MONTREAL - Bombardier will have to wait an extra two months to find out if its CSeries commercial jets will be hit by punishing U.S. duties. The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday granted Boeing...
Jun 28, 2017
Massive U.S. aircraft carrier visits Halifax: 'This is a floating city'
HALIFAX - The FA-18 Super Hornet revs its engines to maximum thrust, and the jet fighter’s nose wheel is locked into a steam-powered catapult on the aircraft carrier’s flight deck. The thu...
Jun 28, 2017
Fibre-optic device can detect stray cancer cells, improve tumour removal: study
TORONTO - A fibre-optic probe can detect errant cancer cells within healthy tissue during brain tumour surgery with close to 100 per cent accuracy and sensitivity, reducing the risk of recurrence and ...
Jun 28, 2017
Second inmate in two years dies of prescription drug overdose at N.S. jail
HALIFAX - Another inmate has died from a drug overdose in Nova Scotia’s largest jail, making it the second case in two years of a prisoner dying after taking prescription drugs obtained in the f...
Jun 28, 2017