Category Archives: Canada
Health Canada moves to restrict chemicals used to make deadly drug fentanyl
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is moving to control six chemicals used to make the deadly opioid fentanyl in an effort to contain the growing overdose death toll. Health Canada announced Wednesday t...
Nov 30, 2016
Canada wants court to toss out former asylum seeker's attempt to clear his name
VANCOUVER - A legal bid by a former asylum seeker to clear his name after spending more than two years in a British Columbia church to avoid deportation is not only too late, it’s also irrelevan...
Nov 30, 2016
TD Bank hiking rates for longer mortgages and rental properties Thursday
TORONTO - TD Bank (TSX:TD) is hiking rates for fixed mortgages with longer amortizations and all mortgages on rental properties. Effective Dec. 1, the lender will charge an additional 10 basis points ...
Nov 30, 2016
Democrats' leadership vote tells tale of two Americas: Pelosi's and Ryan's
WASHINGTON - Democrats demoralized by the election result faced a symbolism-laden choice Wednesday: Stick with the California progressive stalwart who leads their congressional wing, or replace her wi...
Nov 30, 2016
Rogers Media lays off 87 employees over 2 days as it grapples with print challenges
TORONTO - Rogers Media has laid off 27 full-time employees in its English-language digital content and publishing division, following the dismissal of 60 full-time employees Tuesday. The telecommunica...
Nov 30, 2016
Marijuana task force wraps study but findings stuck in translation
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet had expected to receive findings from a task force studying the legalization of marijuana, but the document is stuck in translation limbo. The te...
Nov 30, 2016
Trudeau's pipeline approvals complicate math of cutting Canada's GHG emissions
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the approval this week of two major oil pipeline expansions, insisting all the while that the new fossil fuel infrastructure fits within his Liberal go...
Nov 30, 2016
Fighter pilot killed in training crash had an important job: family
COLD LAKE, Alta. - Relatives of an Air Force pilot killed when a CF-18 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise near the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary says he died doing what he loved. A stateme...
Nov 30, 2016
Bennett embarrassed at handling of legislation designed to change Indian Act
OTTAWA - Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett says she was personally embarrassed by the handling of a piece of legislation designed to change sex-based rules in the Indian Act. While speaking ...
Nov 30, 2016
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Nov. 30 --- NOTLEY TO HEAD TO B.C. TO SELL PIPELINE MERITS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley will head to B.C. next week to promote Kinder Morgan’s Tran...
Nov 30, 2016