Category Archives: Canada
'Mark my words:' Alberta's Notley says pipeline coming no matter B.C. politics
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley wants everyone to mark her words: the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will go ahead to deliver her province’s oil to the West Coast and jobs to British...
May 30, 2017
Lake Huron site best suited for nuclear-waste bunker, OPG report affirms
TORONTO - A new report from Ontario Power Generation overwhelmingly affirms the utility’s long-held position that the best place for a nuclear-waste bunker is on the Lake Huron shoreline. One of...
May 30, 2017
Highlights of Ontario's planned changes to labour laws
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced a host of changes to labour laws in the province, as the changing nature of work leaves people with less secure jobs, fewer benefits and fewer pr...
May 30, 2017
A look at what minimum-wage workers get paid across Canada
The Ontario government has announced plans to raise its minimum wage to $14 an hour on Jan. 1, 2018 and to $15 an hour the following year. Here’s a look at what minimum-wage workers are paid acr...
May 30, 2017
Man accused of tossing beer can onto Jays field pleads guilty to mischief
TORONTO - A man who tossed a beer can onto the field during a dramatic Blue Jays playoff game last fall has pleaded guilty to mischief in connection with the incident. In an agreed statement of facts ...
May 30, 2017
Trudeau addresses Merkel-Trump rift, says Canada committed to Europe and U.S.
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau was tugged between dual loyalties spanning the Atlantic Ocean as he committed Tuesday to working with the United States and Europe for the economic good of all Canadians. In th...
May 30, 2017
Going public: A look at some of the biggest Canadian IPOs by value since 2000
TORONTO - Rarely has an IPO drawn as much political attention as Kinder Morgan’s sale of its Canadian unit, a deal designed to fund the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. At $1.75 billion, the p...
May 30, 2017
Federal government announces funding for Lyme disease research framework
OTTAWA - The federal government is hoping a new research framework will help doctors better diagnose and treat the ballooning number of Lyme disease cases across Canada. Health Minister Jane Philpott ...
May 30, 2017
Ontario to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2019, ensure equal pay for part-time workers
TORONTO - Ontario will increase minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next 18 months as part of sweeping changes to labour laws, the province’s Liberal government announced Tuesday, satisfying a ...
May 30, 2017
B.C. shakeup brings new doubts for Kinder Morgan Canada as shares fall on debut
CALGARY - British Columbia’s NDP and Greens are vowing to bring the Trans Mountain expansion to a halt should they form government, one of several promises that could have widespread ramificatio...
May 30, 2017