Category Archives: Canada
'A poke in the ribs:' Group pitches equalization for pipelines to Ottawa
CALGARY - A group that represents oilfield service and supply companies asked Ottawa earlier this year to use equalization payments as leverage to get reluctant provinces onside with pipeline projects...
Sep 05, 2016
GM workers in Oshawa, Ont., brace for 'the fight of our lives' in auto talks
OSHAWA, Ont. - Just over a year ago, Corina and Joe Colacicco - both employees at the General Motors facility in Oshawa, Ont. - sold their house and bought a bigger one to accommodate their growing fa...
Sep 05, 2016
Hearing to begin for judge who made 'knees together' remark at sex assault trial
CALGARY - A hearing is to begin Tuesday for a Federal Court judge who asked a sexual assault complainant why she couldn't just keep her knees together. The Canadian Judicial Council is to determine wh...
Sep 05, 2016

Trudeau says protectionist views in U.S., Europe unlikely to creep into Canada
HANGZHOU, China - Justin Trudeau spent days urging world leaders to fight back against rising anti-trade sentiments, but he says there’s little risk that protectionist forces seen in the United ...
Sep 05, 2016
B.C. Liberals must pull off balancing act on real estate: observers
VANCOUVER - Public outcry over British Columbia’s sizzling real estate market pushed the province’s Liberal government to introduce a foreign-buyers’ tax last month, but uncertainty ...
Sep 05, 2016
May reaffirms UK's post-Brexit support for Canada-EU trade deal: Freeland
HANGZHOU, China - International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland says British Prime Minister Theresa May has reaffirmed her government’s post-Brexit support for Canada’s free trade deal wi...
Sep 05, 2016
Alberta premier walks in pride parade, says province has made big strides
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the province has made big strides in improving sexual minority rights. Notley took part in Calgary’s annual pride parade on Sunday, noting that since...
Sep 04, 2016
Ambrose says she's against Leitch's proposal to screen for 'anti-Canadian values'
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose told CTV that she doesn’t support Kellie Leitch’s proposal to screen new immigrants for “anti-Canadian values.” Leitch, a Conservative...
Sep 04, 2016

Bed bugs remain intractable problem in Montreal as new university year begins
MONTREAL - In the basement of a public housing complex on the outskirts of downtown Montreal is a large walk-in freezer used solely to kill bed bugs. The freezer is a local solution to a problem that ...
Sep 04, 2016
A place apart: The abiding power of Newfoundland's fierce spirit of separateness
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Stan Dragland fell for Newfoundland like a lover. The Alberta-born writer was an Ontario-based English literature professor on sabbatical when he got to know the island, and f...
Sep 04, 2016