Category Archives: Canada
DND removes report critical of 'interim' fighter jet purchase from website
OTTAWA - An internal defence study that dismissed any plan to buy “interim” fighter jets because of “significant additional costs,” has been pulled off the National Defence web...
Dec 01, 2016
Documents show two internal reviews completed in Winnipeg remand deaths
WINNIPEG - Five deaths this year at the Winnipeg Remand Centre are a sharp increase from previous years and internal reviews on two deaths have already been completed, documents obtained by The Canadi...
Dec 01, 2016

Trump has now named half cabinet, with pick of general: What his team looks like
WASHINGTON - With the nomination of retired general James (Mad Dog) Mattis as his defence secretary Thursday, Donald Trump has now named about half his cabinet. This allows some tea-leaf-reading about...
Dec 01, 2016
Former Ontario doctor reprimanded after committee finds he sexually abused patient
TORONTO - The agency charged with overseeing Ontario’s physicians issued a scathing reprimand to a former family doctor who it says lured a patient into his office after hours “under the p...
Dec 01, 2016
Some facts about the report tabled Thursday by the election reform committee
OTTAWA - A special all-party Commons committee is recommending a new proportional voting system, along with a national referendum to gauge public support for changing the way Canadians vote. Some fact...
Dec 01, 2016
Quebec cookie facility to close, throwing 454 people out of work
MONTREAL - The decision by international food giant Mondelez to close a cookie and cracker factory in Montreal by 2017 is final, a company spokeswoman said Thursday. As a result, 454 jobs will be elim...
Dec 01, 2016

The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Dec. 1 --- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PROPORTIONAL VOTING SYSTEM: A special all-party committee is recommending that the Trudeau government design a new proportio...
Dec 01, 2016
Air Miles walks back from plans to implement expiration policy after uproar
TORONTO - Following an uproar from consumers, the company that runs the Air Miles loyalty points program says it is cancelling plans that would have seen collectors lose any miles not used within five...
Dec 01, 2016
B.C. plans to use 'fair share' pipeline money on environmental fund
VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark says British Columbia will create an environmental fund with money that it expects to receive as part of a deal to support Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion pro...
Dec 01, 2016
Canada, U.S. need to work together to face Russia 'challenge': Dion
OTTAWA - Canada wants to work with the United States to face the “challenge” posed by Russia, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion said Thursday. Dion steered clear of weighing in direct...
Dec 01, 2016