Category Archives: Canada
BlackBerry eyes wearables, tablet, appliances in software licensing expansion
WATERLOO, Ont. - BlackBerry’s logo may soon appear on more than just smartphones as CEO John Chen says the company is expanding its software licensing business. The former smartphone leader said...
Mar 31, 2017
Feds seek more public input on proposed changes to natural health product rules
TORONTO - Health Canada is launching a second set of public consultations about a controversial plan to revamp regulations governing self-care products such as natural health remedies, cosmetics and o...
Mar 31, 2017
'I almost died': Injured snowboarder Mark McMorris sends first tweet since crash
VANCOUVER - Star Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris says he “almost died” when he crashed going off a jump in the B.C. backcountry last weekend. The Olympic bronze medallist tweeted Friday...
Mar 31, 2017
Talks needed before any decision on '60s Scoop apology: Alberta premier
EDMONTON - Premier Rachel Notley says Alberta can’t commit to any formal apology for the ’60s Scoop without talking to indigenous families about how to make the gesture meaningful. She say...
Mar 31, 2017
Yukon MLA asks Ottawa to press U.S. to live up to Alaska Highway funding deal
HAINES JUNCTION, Yukon - A Yukon member of the legislature wants the federal government to press the United States to live up to a decades-old agreement to help pay for repairs to the Alaska Highway. ...
Mar 31, 2017
Manitoba Mountie with seven years service accused of abusing his children
WINNIPEG - Charges have been laid against a Manitoba RCMP officer who is accused of abusing his children. The RCMP says the abuse allegedly occurred between 2010 and 2016. Charges of assault and assau...
Mar 31, 2017
McDonald's Canada says info of 95,000 job applicants compromised
TORONTO - McDonald’s Canada says the jobs section of its website has been hacked, compromising the personal information of about 95,000 applicants over the last three years. The company said Fri...
Mar 31, 2017
List of public workers making over $100K in Ontario grows; top earner made $1.2M
TORONTO - The CEO of Ontario Power Generation earned nearly $1.2 million last year, making him the highest-paid public-sector employee in the province on a growing list of those earning $100,000 or mo...
Mar 31, 2017
Yukon doctor says drug used to boost blood flow shows promise treating frostbite
WHITEHORSE - A doctor in Yukon says a new way to treat frostbite is turning Whitehorse General Hospital into a leading treatment centre for the injury. Surgeon Alex Poole uses the traditional rewarmin...
Mar 31, 2017
Canadian troops operating in east Mosul as mission extended to June
OTTAWA - Canadian special forces have taken a more active role in the battle for Mosul, where weeks of bloody fighting have failed to dislodge the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. National Defenc...
Mar 31, 2017