Category Archives: Canada

Quebec taxi lobby furious with Uber deal; considering legal action, protests
MONTREAL - Quebec’s taxi lobby called the government’s nascent deal with Uber a betrayal and a humiliation, while Premier Philippe Couillard countered Thursday the one-year pilot project d...
Sep 08, 2016

Clement proposes more security screening for immigrants, no values test
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Tony Clement says he will propose enhanced security screening for immigrants - but not a values test - as part of a broader plan for countering the threat of...
Sep 08, 2016
NEB to require companies to publish emergency management programs
CALGARY - The National Energy Board says it plans to require companies to publish their emergency management programs by the end of March next year as part of a push for increased transparency. The re...
Sep 08, 2016
Ex-CEO of Amaya alleged to have benefited from kickback scheme: AMF document
MONTREAL - David Baazov, former CEO of Montreal online gaming firm Amaya, benefited from a kickback scheme in which he received payments in exchange for sharing privileged information about company ac...
Sep 08, 2016

Hockey player who pushed Ontario on transgender inclusion hopes for more
Jesse Thompson wanted transgender inclusive policies for hockey dressing rooms to be implemented sooner and for them to be Canada-wide, but says an important first step is happening in Ontario. The 19...
Sep 08, 2016
Woman and young child sought following brazen robbery in Invermere, B.C.
INVERMERE, B.C. - RCMP in southeastern British Columbia are trying to track a woman who used a young child, possibly her daughter, to help stage a robbery. Cpl. Grant Simpson says police are always co...
Sep 08, 2016

Political battle shaping up over Liberal government's peacekeeping plan
OTTAWA - Battle lines are being drawn between Liberals and Conservatives as the government prepares to deploy hundreds of Canadian troops to an as-yet-unannounced United Nations peacekeeping mission i...
Sep 08, 2016

Toronto man completes solo swim across the English Channel in 15 hr 25 min
A 30-year-old Toronto man has become the latest Canadian to successfully complete a solo swim across the English Channel. Samuel Bail finished the roughly 32-kilometre swim on Tuesday, taking 15 hours...
Sep 08, 2016

Quiet return: Portrait of former Alberta premier Redford hung without fanfare
EDMONTON - Former scandal-scarred Alberta premier Alison Redford was immortalized on the walls of the legislature Thursday morning by two staffers who rolled up with no notice, hung her portrait in se...
Sep 08, 2016

Consumer groups want regulator to ban 'discriminatory' basic TV offerings
GATINEAU, Que. - The national broadcast regulator should ban TV providers from removing bundling discounts from customers who opt for mandated, cut-rate, basic TV service, consumer groups told hearing...
Sep 08, 2016