Category Archives: Canada
Crown urges $375K fine against ThyssenKrupp for serious elevator injury
TORONTO - A $375,000 fine should be imposed on one of the country’s largest elevator companies for wilfully breaching safety rules before an incident in which a man was hurt, an Ontario court he...
Jan 23, 2017
Documents reveal concerns, effects of CPP benefit limits for widows and widowers
OTTAWA - Sheila was 62 when her husband died. For three years she continued to work full time as a nurse, collecting survivor benefits under the Canada Pension Plan. When Sheila retired at age 65 and ...
Jan 23, 2017
17-year-old student in hospital after being stabbed in chest at Toronto school
TORONTO - Police say a 17-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed in the chest at a Toronto school. They say his injuries are not life-threatening and they h...
Jan 23, 2017
Ontario liable for severe jailhouse attack on gang member by rivals
TORONTO - Jail authorities were negligent to house rival gang members in the same unit and therefore liable for the injuries one of them sustained in a beating, Ontario’s top court ruled Monday....
Jan 23, 2017
Five things to know about Quebec law aimed at boosting electric vehicle sales
MONTREAL - A law in Quebec that requires automakers to sell a minimum number of zero-emission vehicles beginning with their 2018 models is causing alarm within the industry. Here are five things to kn...
Jan 23, 2017
Quebec electric vehicle law sparks concern within automotive industry
MONTREAL - Automakers are expressing concern that it will be difficult to comply with a new law in Quebec that requires them to sell a minimum number of electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen fuel-cell...
Jan 23, 2017
Quebec terror trial hears arguments over admissibility of confession
MONTREAL - A Quebec man who told undercover police officers he wanted to join the Islamic State in Syria will find out next month whether a judge will allow the comments as evidence at his trial. Isma...
Jan 23, 2017
Court hears RCMP found blood, burning barrel after suspect's arrest
CALGARY - A trial has heard that RCMP mounted what they thought was going to be a rescue mission at the home of a man charged in the disappearance of a couple and their five-year-old grandson. Emergen...
Jan 23, 2017
Help for former kids in Manitoba care should be expanded to age 25: advocate
WINNIPEG - The children’s advocate says the Manitoba government should look at supporting former permanent wards of the province up to age 25 instead of cutting them off at 21. Darlene MacDonald...
Jan 23, 2017
Trump makes good on promise to pull U.S. out of Trans-Pacific Partnership
OTTAWA - Setting itself apart from a never-say-die Japan, Canada resigned itself to the death of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Monday after President Donald Trump made good on his promise to pull t...
Jan 23, 2017