Category Archives: Canada
After pilots organize, push is now on to unionize WestJet flight attendants
CALGARY - A recent successful bid to unionize WestJet (TSX:WJA) pilots has prompted a push to organize flight attendants at the airline. The airline, Canada’s second-largest, has long prided its...
Jun 06, 2017
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, June 6
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, June 6 --- BARACK OBAMA IN MONTREAL TODAY Former U.S. president Barack Obama will be in Montreal today to deliver a keynote speech to a sold-out audience at the c...
Jun 06, 2017
Quebec government in court battle over distribution of public data
MONTREAL - A website owned by a U.K.-based company is fighting the Quebec government in court for prohibiting it from collecting public information on firms in the province and then making it availabl...
Jun 06, 2017
Canada's international path to pot legalization easier thanks to Uruguay: envoy
OTTAWA - Uruguay’s envoy to Ottawa says his small South American country has opened up some breathing room for marijuana legalization within international treaties that have outlawed recreationa...
Jun 06, 2017
Obama decries lack of U.S. leadership on climate; defends 'international order'
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Barack Obama met at a restaurant Tuesday night following the former U.S. president’s speech to the Montreal Board of Trade. Trudeau tweeted a picture...
Jun 06, 2017
B.C. trial for 3 men accused of killing gang leader ordered to proceed
KELOWNA, B.C. - The trial for three men accused of killing a gang leader in Kelowna, B.C., six years ago will continue. Defence lawyers for Jason McBride, Michael Jones and Jujhar Singh Khun-Khun had ...
Jun 05, 2017
$1 million birthday win for Kelowna, B.C., man planning to pay off mortgage
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man had a happy birthday indeed by winning $1 million. The B.C. Lottery Corp. says David McLeod of Kelowna bought a 6/49 ticket for a draw on May 17, which happened to b...
Jun 05, 2017
Trudeau says he'll stay focused on Canadians', and Quebecers', real priorities
OTTAWA - Canada faces a lot of challenges that won’t get addressed if the country gets “bogged down” in another round of constitutional haggling, Justin Trudeau said Monday. The prim...
Jun 05, 2017
Thieves looking for big scores with stolen truck tailgates: B.C. police
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Truck owners in four Vancouver-area communities are being warned about thieves targeting vehicles for their pricey tailgates. Const. Ian MacDonald of the Abbotsford Police Departmen...
Jun 05, 2017
Postal-workers union wants Canada Post to 'come clean' on theft statistics
VANCOUVER - The union representing postal workers wants Canada Post to release the number of community mailboxes that have been broken into across the country. Mike Palecek, national president of the ...
Jun 05, 2017