Category Archives: Canada
Bombardier rejects Boeing claim CSeries was dumped into the U.S. at below cost
MONTREAL - Bombardier and the federal government have rejected Boeing’s claim in a complaint filed with the U.S. government that its Canadian rival has dumped its new CSeries commercial jet into...
Apr 27, 2017
Nothing could be done to save gas-and-dash victim, doctor tells murder trial
CALGARY - A neurologist says there was nothing doctors could do to save a Calgary gas station employee brought to hospital after a hit-and-run. Maryam Rashidi, 35, was trying to stop a driver from lea...
Apr 27, 2017
Court documents lift curtain on cutthroat world of military procurement
OTTAWA - If there’s one thing that stands out in court documents outlining the RCMP’s case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, it’s the extremely cutthroat nature of military procureme...
Apr 27, 2017
Five things to know about what's up for discussion at justice ministers meeting
OTTAWA - Five things justice ministers from across the country are expected to talk about a meeting in Gatineau, Que., Friday. 1) R. v. Jordan. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees someone ch...
Apr 27, 2017

Five things to know about the Ontario budget delivered Thursday
TORONTO - Ontario’s Liberal government delivered its first balanced budget in a decade on Thursday. Here are five things you need to know about the financial plan: POLITICAL CONTEXT: The $141-bi...
Apr 27, 2017

The Canadian Press explains the Ontario budget's health care funding
TORONTO - After years of restricting health-care funding growth, the Ontario budget released Thursday promises new money to reduce wait times and increase capacity at overcrowded hospitals, as well as...
Apr 27, 2017

Highlights of the Ontario budget unveiled Thursday
TORONTO - Ontario’s finance minister delivered the province’s fiscal plan Thursday, the government’s first balanced budget in a decade. Here are the highlights: ____ PHARMACARE FOR Y...
Apr 27, 2017

Ontario's first balanced budget in decade promises billions in health care
TORONTO - Ontario’s Liberal government is promising to inject billions of new dollars into health care in its first balanced budget in a decade, a fiscal plan designed to appeal to nearly everyo...
Apr 27, 2017

The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, April 27 --- PM SAY TRUMP WAS PREPARED TO CANCEL NAFTA: U.S. President Donald Trump insists he wasn’t bluffing about threatening to pull out of NAFTA ...
Apr 27, 2017
Canadian border agents among five charged with drug smuggling offences
TORONTO - Two Canadian border agents are among five people arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling. RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency say the agents worked out of Toronto’s Pearson Internat...
Apr 27, 2017