Category Archives: Canada

'No going back': Tory MP Jason Kenney tweets his resignation letter
OTTAWA - Calgary Conservative Jason Kenney is officially stepping down as an MP this week. Kenney tweeted a photo of his resignation letter, dated Tuesday, to Speaker Geoff Regan, in which he says he ...
Sep 20, 2016
Ministers, PMO staffers get $1.1M in expenses for relocating to Ottawa
OTTAWA - Taxpayers forked out $1.1 million to move some four dozen political staffers to Ottawa after Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won power last fall. That includes just over $220,000 in relocatio...
Sep 20, 2016
WestJet reaches deal to fly Suncor employees to Northern Alberta oilsands operations
CALGARY - WestJet (TSX:WJA) has reached a multi-year deal with Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) to fly employees and contractors to and from its oilsands operations in Northern Alberta beginning in early Novemb...
Sep 20, 2016

Friend questions police investigation after missing woman found dead in B.C.
A family friend of a Saskatchewan woman found dead in a forested area of British Columbia hopes a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women will look into why police publicize some m...
Sep 20, 2016
More people would cast ballots under proportional representation: report
WINNIPEG - More Manitobans would be likely to make the effort to vote if the province adopted proportional representation, says a report released by Elections Manitoba. The report by Prairie Research ...
Sep 20, 2016

Halifax police officer challenges demotion over incident during traffic stop
HALIFAX - A Halifax police officer is challenging his demotion after he was involved in a routine traffic stop last year that degenerated into a ugly confrontation with a P.E.I. couple headed for a me...
Sep 20, 2016

Couche-Tard chairman still sees opportunity to extend founders' voting control
LAVAL, Que. - Alimentation Couche-Tard’s chairman Alain Bouchard says a solution can be found over the next five years to protect the convenience store chain from the threat of a hostile takeove...
Sep 20, 2016
China cap-and-trade market gives carbon pricing opponents 'nowhere to hide': UN
OTTAWA - As Canada’s provincial, territorial and federal leaders grapple over carbon pricing policy, China is moving ahead with a cap-and-trade market that some believe could transform the dynam...
Sep 20, 2016
Five things to know about Canada and refugees over the last half-century
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been in New York this week to address the United Nations, where much of the buzz has been about Canada’s intake of Syrian refugees. Here are five thing...
Sep 20, 2016

The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Sept. 20 ____ TRUDEAU DENOUNCES POLITICS OF ANXIETY SPEECH AT UN: Justin Trudeau’s first speech to the United Nations General Assembly included some le...
Sep 20, 2016