Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - Maintenance contractors would be held responsible for getting broken-down elevators up and running in relatively short order under proposed novel legislation in Ontario that seeks to address...

WASHINGTON - A wrecking ball is coming for the labour market, analysts warn. As computer-processing power doubles each year and machines learn from their mistakes, sources say the upcoming federal bud...

CALGARY - The sell-off of Alberta oilsands assets by another big international player - along with big reserve writedowns, the introduction of a carbon tax and a stumbling crude price - all suggest a ...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - To the Nunavut government, it’s an update to old legislation that needs to acknowledge reality. To others, it’s a dagger to the territory’s heart. “Why have ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Jim Skinner thought after a 35-year career at the Wabush iron ore mine in Labrador he’d be set for the golden retirement he had earned. He was wrong. U.S.-based Cliffs N...

VANCOUVER - Servers clad in short skirts and stilettos could soon be a thing of the past, as British Columbia and Ontario take steps to ditch sexualized dress codes. But women in other industries can ...

CALGARY - Alberta Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney says the wheels are in motion on his unite-the-right plan, with the goal of a new party and an elected leader in place a year from now. &...

MONTREAL - One of the most hardline sovereigntists in Quebec’s legislature was crowned leader of the federal Bloc Quebecois on Saturday after no other candidates emerged to oppose her. Martine O...

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say they have arrested a truck driver who they allege refused to allow his vehicle to be towed from a highway during a snow storm Tuesday night. The 57-year-old man...

CALGARY - The three men seeking the leadership of Alberta’s Progressive Conservative party had one final opportunity to gain support before its delegates voted today. Voting is now underway to f...