Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - It’s a common complaint - Canadians needing medical attention having to cool their heels in a hospital emergency room for hours on end before being seen by a doctor or another health-c...

FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick hospital has been ordered to re-hire a lab employee who was fired after he didn’t go to work for more than a month. That’s because the employee, Paul Lynch, w...

OTTAWA - An executive who worked at the Public Health Agency of Canada verbally abused staff and other government employees, says a federal watchdog who investigated a whistleblower’s complaint....

TORONTO - The three largest automakers in North America say they won’t waver in their collective bargaining commitments to invest $1.5 billion in total in their Canadian operations despite the p...

CALGARY - TransCanada is once again seeking approval of its Keystone XL pipeline route in Nebraska in the latest move to push the polarizing project forward since getting a nod from U.S. President Don...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...