Category Archives: Canada
Fentanyl-laced cocaine suspected in death and overdose on Ontario reserve
Police on a First Nations reserve in southwestern Ontario are investigating whether cocaine laced with fentanyl is behind the death of a man and the overdose of another earlier this week. Six Nations ...
Feb 10, 2017
Reduced work week among possibilities facing Manitoba government workers
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government has raised the possibility of unpaid days off for public-sector workers as part of its drive to reduce a billion-dollar deficit. The Tor...
Feb 10, 2017
Two found dead in wreckage of plane crash in Manitoba
SANFORD, Man. - Two men have died in a small plane crash in Manitoba that took several hours for searchers to locate due to poor weather. RCMP say the single-engine Cessna took off on Thursday from St...
Feb 10, 2017
B.C.'s Highway 5 reopens after overnight closure trapped drivers in winter storm
VANCOUVER - Hundreds of people spent a frigid night sitting in cars, buses or transport trucks as snow and freezing rain pounded a British Columbia mountain pass, preventing drivers from moving. The C...
Feb 10, 2017
Toronto police won't march in Pride parade, force's chief says
TORONTO - In an effort to quell an ongoing controversy around police presence in Canada’s largest Pride parade, Toronto’s police chief announced Friday that his force would not be particip...
Feb 10, 2017
Liberals tap former pension fund CEO to help build new infrastructure bank
OTTAWA - The man tapped to build an experimental agency to finance the construction of roads, bridges, and transit systems says the new infrastructure bank will help Canada better attract private doll...
Feb 10, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for January, by Candian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in January. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, h...
Feb 10, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for January, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in January. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador 13.8 per cen...
Feb 10, 2017
January's national employment numbers from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at January employment (previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.8 per cent (6.9) Employment rate: 61.4 per cent (61.3) Labour force participation rate: 65.9 per cent (65...
Feb 10, 2017
Northerners press Trudeau on electoral reform; PM admits 'I turned my back'
YELLOWKNIFE - Now is no time to be provoking political instability in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday as he justified turning his back - his words - on his unequivocal promise to cha...
Feb 10, 2017