Category Archives: Canada
Some details about the Canada-EU trade deal
OTTAWA - The European Union parliament approved a trade deal with Canada on Wednesday after three hours of debate and years of negotiations. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Cana...
Feb 15, 2017
Nova Scotia teachers to hold one-day strike Friday to protest imposed contract
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Teachers Union will hold a one-day, provincewide strike on Friday - its first ever - to protest legislation imposing a four-year contract. Union president Liette Doucet said ...
Feb 15, 2017
Trudeau arrives in Europe to hail trade pact as countermeasure to isolationism
STRASBOURG, France - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Strasbourg, France, hours ahead of what was billed as a historic, confidence-building speech to European lawmakers. Trudeau landed in the ...
Feb 15, 2017
Six stories in the news today, Feb. 15
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Feb. 15: --- PM TRUDEAU PREPARING FOR EUROPEAN VISIT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will arrive in Europe on Thursday with free trade at the top of his agenda. He w...
Feb 15, 2017
B.C. methadone patients pen guide for users on how to navigate treatment program
VANCOUVER - Had Al Fowler known more about his rights before enrolling in British Columbia’s methadone treatment program in 2010, he may have avoided what he describes as a two-year “horro...
Feb 15, 2017
A timeline of British Columbia's opioid-substitution program
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is the birthplace of methadone maintenance treatment, which has existed in some form in the province for more than half a century. Here is a timeline on how the treatment ...
Feb 15, 2017
Survey showing support for nuke waste bunker near Lake Huron 'misleading'
TORONTO - A public opinion survey used to bolster claims of widespread support for a proposed nuclear waste bunker near Lake Huron was misleading and actually found little backing for the project, cri...
Feb 15, 2017
'Use your common sense': Judge advises jury at Calgary triple- murder trial
CALGARY - The fate of a man charged in the deaths of a Calgary couple and their five-year-old grandson has been handed over to the jury. Justice David Gates spent more than four hours giving instructi...
Feb 15, 2017
Parole board removes residency restriction for Air India perjurer
VANCOUVER - A man convicted of perjury for his testimony during the trial of two men accused in the 1985 Air India bombing has been allowed to leave a halfway house and live wherever he likes. A Parol...
Feb 14, 2017
Google argues against 'punitive' tax proposal for digital media
OTTAWA - Proposals for tax changes aimed at helping Canadian publishers fight for revenues with online news aggregators would result in a punitive “tax on advertisers,” executives from Goo...
Feb 14, 2017