Category Archives: Canada
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, April 3 --- CEO SAYS BOMBARDIER DID ‘BAD JOB’ ON COMPENSATION: Bombardier did “a bad job” explaining its decision to raise executive c...
Apr 03, 2017
Liberal apologizes in Commons for sexist remark at committee
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Nicola Di Iorio has apologized in the House of Commons for making what was described as “a suggestive and very inappropriate” comment during a committee meeting last mo...
Apr 03, 2017
Comedian's remarks 'inappropriate': Heritage Minister Melanie Joly
OTTAWA - Comedian Russell Peters’s performance as host of the Junos on Sunday night is getting a bad review from Heritage Minister Melanie Joly. Peters, who hosted the music awards ceremony in O...
Apr 03, 2017
Ontario's first cap-and-trade auction sells out current allowances
TORONTO - Ontario’s first cap-and-trade auction sold out all current allowances, giving the new market a strong start, but the province’s environment minister warned the real test of the s...
Apr 03, 2017
Optics on Bombardier executive raises tests Liberals' promises to middle class
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau refused Monday to denounce Bombardier for enriching its executives even as the company rakes in nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money, drawing opposition charges that the Liberal...
Apr 03, 2017
Missing and murdered women's inquiry not reaching out to families: advocates
VANCOUVER - The national missing and murdered indigenous women’s inquiry has failed to adequately reach out to loved ones and survivors, says a coalition of advocacy groups and families less tha...
Apr 03, 2017
Border tax might damage American economy more than Canada's: Morneau
OTTAWA - Canada’s finance minister warned business leaders in New York on Monday that a proposed U.S. border tax threatens to make both countries poorer - and might even hurt Americans more. In ...
Apr 03, 2017
Quebec public inquiry begins into protection of journalists' sources
MONTREAL - The provisions that currently exist to protect journalists’ sources are insufficient, three senior Quebec newsroom supervisors testified Monday at a provincial inquiry looking into th...
Apr 03, 2017
Lawsuit alleges police handling of sex assault case showed systemic discrimination
A woman whose sexual assault complaint was deemed unfounded by London, Ont., police is suing the force, alleging the way investigators handle such cases constitutes systemic discrimination. In a lawsu...
Apr 03, 2017
Charges laid in blast that damaged entrance to Saskatoon courthouse
SASKATOON - A threatening phone call led to charges being laid in an explosion last week outside Saskatoon’s provincial courthouse. The blast happened late Wednesday evening near the front doors...
Apr 03, 2017