Category Archives: Canada
Fake pills containing fentanyl seized as 12 arrested in Ottawa drug bust
OTTAWA - Police say a dozen people have been arrested in Ottawa in a drug investigation related to the trafficking of counterfeit pills containing the deadly opioid fentanyl. Ottawa police say the inv...
Feb 16, 2017
Bombardier to repay $372.5-million in federal loans over 15 years
MONTREAL - It will take 15 years for Bombardier to repay the $372.5-million loan it is receiving from the federal government, the company’s chief financial officer said Thursday. During a quarte...
Feb 16, 2017
Battle back on to turf Jason Kenney from Alberta PC leadership race
EDMONTON - The battle is back on to turf former Conservative MP Jason Kenney from the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership race. Darcy Schumann, a member of the party’s board of directors...
Feb 16, 2017
Rates aren't everything: Don't forget to consider term when it comes your mortgage
OTTAWA - You shopped around for the best deal on your mortgage and weighed the pros and cons of going with a fixed-rate or a variable-rate loan, but another key factor to consider is the term. A major...
Feb 16, 2017
Pierre Karl Peladeau returns to lead Quebecor after foray into Quebec politics
MONTREAL - Following an eventful if brief foray into the political arena, Pierre Karl Peladeau is returning to his job as president and CEO of Quebecor, but the company he is coming back to is very di...
Feb 16, 2017
Nova Scotia teachers to stage one-day strike in protest against imposed contract
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s public school teachers are set to conduct a one-day strike today - a historic first in the union’s 122-year history. The Nova Scotia Teachers Union is protesting th...
Feb 16, 2017
N.S. pardons late Mi'kmaq leader: 'He was the first to stand up for us'
HALIFAX - Gabriel Sylliboy died feeling like he failed his Mi’kmaq people. The grand chief launched a fight for aboriginal rights after being charged with illegal hunting in the 1920s, but the c...
Feb 16, 2017
Another storm closes schools, hampers travel in snow-choked East Coast
HALIFAX - Much of Atlantic Canada was slogging through yet another bout of nasty winter weather Thursday that closed schools and government offices again, even as people continued digging out from an ...
Feb 16, 2017
NAFTA: Trump's 'tweak' talk just empty talk? That's what trade experts say
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump gave reassuring words to Canada this week when he lauded an outstanding trading relationship and suggested that changes to the North American Free Trade Agreem...
Feb 16, 2017
Trudeau government faces pressure to change name of Langevin Block, home to PMO
OTTAWA - The federal government is facing mounting pressure, including from within the Liberal caucus, to change the name of the building that houses the Prime Minister’s Office - the Langevin B...
Feb 16, 2017