Category Archives: Canada

U.S., Canada ban Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones from airliners
WASHINGTON - Passengers and flight crews will be banned from bringing Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on airline flights under emergency orders issued Friday by both Transport Canada and the U.S. De...
Oct 14, 2016
Trump disparages women's looks and says of Clinton: 'I wasn't impressed'
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump suggested some of his female accusers were unattractive and said of his opponent, Hillary Clinton, ”when she walked in front of me I wasn’t impressed.” It a...
Oct 14, 2016

The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Oct. 14 — FORMER ALBERTA PREMIER DIES IN PLANE CRASH: Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice is one of the four people who died overnight in a plane crash ...
Oct 14, 2016
Conservative leadership race: who's in, who's out, who's still thinking it over
OTTAWA - Ontario MP and former veterans affairs minister Erin O’Toole is the latest to join the Conservative leadership race after opening his campaign Friday in Bowmanville, Ont. Here is the li...
Oct 14, 2016
'It's crazy today' as mortgage brokers see flurry of business ahead of new rules
TORONTO - Canadian mortgage brokers say they’re seeing a flurry of borrowers trying to pre-empt new federal rules that take effect Monday that will reduce the purchasing power of some first-time...
Oct 14, 2016
European Union backs off banning North American lobster
PORTLAND, Maine - The European Union is backing off a Swedish proposal to ban imports of American lobster into 28 member countries. Officials with the EU say the European Commission has informed Swede...
Oct 14, 2016
Trade, Tories and Trump: three ways politics touched Canadians this week
Ottawa was sleepy and mostly congenial all week long - at least until Friday - with most MPs back in their ridings after Thanksgiving and cabinet ministers off cutting ribbons in far-flung places. Pol...
Oct 14, 2016
Key events in the political career of former Alberta premier Jim Prentice
Jim Prentice, the former federal cabinet minister and former Alberta premier, died Thursday in a plane crash outside Kelowna, B.C. Here are some key events in his political career. July 20, 1956: Born...
Oct 14, 2016
Five things about the Walloons and the Canada-EU free trade agreement
OTTAWA - The legislature of the restive Belgian region of Wallonia voted Friday by a 46-14 margin to oppose the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and European Union. Her...
Oct 14, 2016
Prime Minister remembers former Alberta premier Jim Prentice as kind, respectful
STANDOFF, Alta. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will remember former Alberta premier and former Conservative MP Jim Prentice as a man of deep convictions. Trudeau says he was sad to learn Pren...
Oct 14, 2016