Category Archives: Canada
Classes disrupted as picket lines go up at Manitoba's largest university
WINNIPEG - Professors at the University of Manitoba left their classrooms for the picket line Tuesday, creating uncertainty for 29,000 students at the province’s largest university. The strike b...
Nov 01, 2016
Paul Bernardo's day-parole hearing scheduled for March; victims' families 'gutted'
TORONTO - The families of two school girls brutally raped and killed by Paul Bernardo say the notorious killer’s application for day parole is “gut wrenching.” Bernardo is scheduled ...
Nov 01, 2016
Halifax police investigating reports of razor blades found in Halloween treats
HALIFAX - Police in Halifax are investigating a pair of incidents where razor blades were reportedly found in candy bars given to children on Halloween. Investigators say a 12-year-old boy was going t...
Nov 01, 2016
PBO says tax revenues on legal marijuana to be less than $1 billion at outset
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget watchdog is being a bit of a buzz kill when it comes to forecasting government revenue windfalls from legalized marijuana. “We’re talking millions and mil...
Nov 01, 2016
N.S. jails moving to provide OD treatment 'immediately' as fentanyl threat grows
HALIFAX - The arrival of the highly potent opioid fentanyl in Nova Scotia is prompting the province’s jails to move more quickly on a plan to provide frontline staff with a potentially life-savi...
Nov 01, 2016
Thomson Reuters to cut 2,000 jobs worldwide as it speeds up streamlining
TORONTO - Thomson Reuters (TSX:TRI) says it’s eliminating 2,000 positions around the world as it speeds up efforts to streamline and simplify its global information services organization. The la...
Nov 01, 2016
Economy grew 0.2 per cent in August, reinforcing expectations of rebound
OTTAWA - The economy grew by 0.2 per cent in August, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, reinforcing expectations that the country is poised for a rebound in the third quarter. The measure of real gross d...
Nov 01, 2016
Testimony continues today in case of New Brunswick boys killed by python
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - Testimony continues today in the jury trial of a man charged in the deaths of two young New Brunswick boys who were suffocated by a python. On Tuesday, the jurors heard the emotion...
Nov 01, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Nov. 1
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 1 --- STRIKE AVERTED AFTER FORD, UNIFOR REACH TENTATIVE DEAL The union representing 6,700 autoworkers at Ford in Canada said it has reached a tentative agreem...
Nov 01, 2016
Several Quebec companies beat deadline to sign up for reimbursement program
MONTREAL - More than a dozen Quebec companies stepped forward ahead of a deadline Tuesday with restitution plans for having obtained public contracts through fraud or other questionable means. Those w...
Nov 01, 2016