Category Archives: Canada
Judge who wore 'Make America Great Again' hat in court no longer hearing cases
HAMILTON - An Ontario judge who reportedly wore a hat with a Donald Trump slogan in a courtroom is no longer being assigned cases. An Ontario Court of Justice spokeswoman says Justice Bernd Zabel stop...
Jan 06, 2017
Bruce Heyman asked to leave, announces departure effective inauguration day
OTTAWA - Bruce Heyman is stepping down as the top representative of the United States government in Canada, forced out of his post alongside other political appointees as president-elect Donald Trump ...
Jan 06, 2017
U.S.-Canada border crossing south of Montreal reopens after unfounded bomb threat
LACOLLE, Que. - A major Canada-U.S. border crossing reopened Friday after a bomb threat forced its closure for a few hours, said a Canada Border Services Agency spokesman. Dominique McNeely said Quebe...
Jan 06, 2017
Alberta fires push Canada's insurable damage to record $4.9 billion in 2016: IBC
CALGARY - The wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alta., and flooding in Atlantic Canada were driving factors behind a record $4.9 billion in insurable damage last year, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said Fr...
Jan 06, 2017
RCMP to face trial in April on labour charges stemming from Moncton shootings
MONCTON, N.B. - More than two months have been set aside for the trial of the RCMP on Labour Code charges stemming from the force’s response to a 2014 shooting rampage in New Brunswick that left...
Jan 06, 2017
List of unemployment rates by Canadian province for month of December
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in December. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador 14.9 per ce...
Jan 06, 2017
List of unemployment rates in selected Canadian cities for December
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in December. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities but cautions t...
Jan 06, 2017
QuickStats: Facts and figures about employment in Canada for December
OTTAWA - A quick look at December employment (previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.9 per cent (6.8) Employment rate: 61.3 per cent (61.2) Labour force participation rate: 65.8 per cent (6...
Jan 06, 2017
Full-time work faded in 2016 as labour market rode wave of part-time jobs
OTTAWA - Canada’s job market had a promising end to a year marked by big employment gains - but, unlike recent history, growth in 2016 was driven by a less-encouraging factor: an upsurge in part...
Jan 06, 2017
Canada's MDA to supply NASA with spacecraft platform for asteroid mission
VANCOUVER - NASA has chosen a Canadian company to build a spacecraft platform that will venture to a metallic asteroid called 16 Psyche. MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (TSX:MDA) says the contract...
Jan 06, 2017