Category Archives: Canada
Financial safeguards to be part of new infrastructure bank, Sohi says
OTTAWA - The federal infrastructure minister and his top officials tried Thursday to ease a Commons committee’s fears that taxpayers could be left holding the bag if projects funded through a pr...
Feb 09, 2017
3 charged in thefts of 'roll up the rim' cups from Belleville, Ont., Tim Hortons
BELLEVILLE, Ont. - Police say two more people have been arrested in connection with the thefts of several boxes of “roll up the rim to win” cups from a Tim Hortons in Belleville, Ont. A 17...
Feb 09, 2017
A look at trade growth in Canada, U.S. under North American Free Trade Agreement
OTTAWA - Amid word that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet Monday with President Donald Trump, Finance Minister Bill Morneau was in Washington on Wednesday singing the praises of Canada-U.S. trad...
Feb 09, 2017
Trump's anti-immigrant stance may be fuelling rise in racism in Canada: experts
TORONTO - Canada has long prided itself on being a multicultural nation that values inclusion, opening its borders to refugees and immigrants, no matter their ethnicity or religion. But has U.S. Presi...
Feb 09, 2017
Survey praises Canadian Arctic companies for respecting indigenous rights
An international survey on resource development in the Arctic has ranked Canadian companies among the highest in the world for their policies on respecting indigenous rights. A report from a member of...
Feb 09, 2017
Muslim woman from Quebec says she was denied entry to the United States
MONTREAL - A Canadian Muslim woman who has lived in Quebec for 20 years says she believes she was denied entry to the United States because of her religion. Fadwa Alaoui, who lives in the Montreal-are...
Feb 09, 2017
Trump-Trudeau meeting to happen Monday after weeks of back, forth over agenda
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will receive Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House on Monday - their first official meeting after weeks of back-and-forth about setting a tangible agenda...
Feb 09, 2017
Suncor Energy CEO says he thinks it's unlikely U.S. will impose border tax
CALGARY - The head of the largest energy company in the country is discounting the likelihood that the United States, Canada’s largest market for oil and gas, will bring in a border adjustment t...
Feb 09, 2017
Decision on postal service recommendations coming in spring, union told
OTTAWA - The federal government will decide by spring whether to restore door-to-door mail delivery to those who lost it in the last year, the federal public service minister said Thursday to the unio...
Feb 09, 2017
PC Organics baby food recalled as health risk due to bacteria contamination
OTTAWA - Loblaw Companies has expanded a recall of PC Organics baby food pouches, which may contain a toxin that can cause illness and, in severe cases, even death. The products were sold across Canad...
Feb 09, 2017