Category Archives: Canada
Food prices post first annual drop since 2000, as inflation creeps up in October
OTTAWA - Food prices in October posted their first year-over-year decline in nearly 17 years as the annual pace of inflation crept higher. Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter said the story o...
Nov 18, 2016
'Increased water seepage' reported at Muskrat Falls site, water levels reduced
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Nalcor Energy says water has seeped from a temporary cofferdam at the site of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador. In a statement today, the company said ̶...
Nov 18, 2016
Questions, concerns about Trump loom over Halifax defence meeting
Donald Trump’s shadow loomed large as defence ministers and senior military officers from various nations gathered in Halifax on Friday amid questions and concerns about his impact on global sec...
Nov 18, 2016
Ottawa reverses deportation order, grants residency to 'shocked' mother of four
HALIFAX - Canada’s immigration minister has granted permanent residency to an ill woman who was born in Britain but grew up in Canada under difficult circumstances, citing compassionate grounds ...
Nov 18, 2016
Medical experts urge Canada to declare public emergency over opioid crisis
OTTAWA - Canada should declare a national public health emergency over its deadly opioid crisis, health care experts urged Friday as the perils of addiction, overdose and death came under the microsco...
Nov 18, 2016
Protests after Crown declines to lay charges in alleged abuse of native women
VAL D’OR, Que. - Citizens protested in the streets of Val d’Or on Friday after Crown prosecutors confirmed none of the six provincial police officers accused of abusing native women in the...
Nov 18, 2016
Quebec election shooter Richard Henry Bain to serve 20 years in jail before parole
MONTREAL - Quebec’s 2012 election-night shooter was motivated by politics, fuelled by hatred towards separatists and should spend at least 20 years behind bars before parole eligibility, a judge...
Nov 18, 2016
Realities of governing may soon see Trump temper his hard line, Trudeau says
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s tough-talking campaign rhetoric may take a more moderate tone once he takes office and confronts the geopolitical realities of the e...
Nov 18, 2016
Calgary dentists, therapists and optometrists hit by energy price slowdown
CALGARY - Thousands of layoffs that have hollowed out many of Calgary’s downtown office towers are translating into tough times for health-care businesses that offer services covered by workplac...
Nov 18, 2016
Five stories in the news Friday, Nov. 18
Five stories in the news for Friday, Nov. 18 --- OPIOID SUMMIT IN OTTAWA HOPES TO FIND WAYS TO CURB ADDICTION A summit in Ottawa led by federal Health Minister Jane Philpott will try to find ways to t...
Nov 18, 2016