Category Archives: Canada

Drivers Still Liable in Accidents, Even in Near-Driverless Cars, Says Law Firm
OTTAWA – Until Canadians own cars that truly drive themselves, they can forget getting off the legal hook if they’re in an accident with a vehicle that still has a steering wheel, suggests...
Aug 01, 2016

New Water Supply to Deal with Husky Oil Spill by Weekend
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Saskatchewan’s third-largest city was expecting to have alternate sources of water on the weekend to help deal with an oil spill that has tainted the river it usually draw...
Jul 30, 2016

Disgraced Hockey Coach, Convicted Sex Offender Graham James Seeking Full Parole
Disgraced junior hockey coach and convicted sex offender Graham James is seeking full parole with the support of his case workers. James is serving a seven-year sentence for sexually assaulting player...
Jul 22, 2016

Sandbags Holding In Rain-Soaked Saskatchewan Town, But Many Homes Damaged
REGINA – Hopes were high Tuesday evening that sandbagging efforts had at least partially paid off in an east-central Saskatchewan town that had braced for a flash flood after a road holding back...
Jul 13, 2016

Canada Post Union Calls for 30-Day Truce for Talks Without Strike or Lockout
OTTAWA - Canada Post’s union is calling for a 30-day truce to allow the two sides to negotiate a new contract without a strike or lockout. The postal service has given notice that it will lock o...
Jul 08, 2016

Insurance Bureau of Canada to Release Total Insured Damage from Alberta Fires
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The Insurance Bureau of Canada is to announce later today its estimate of total insured damage caused by the wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alta. The fires in May forced the evacua...
Jul 07, 2016

Canada Post issues 72-hour lockout notice; work stoppage possible Friday
OTTAWA - Canada Post said it has issued a 72-hour lockout notice to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), raising the spectre of a work stoppage by Friday. The announcement came hours after Can...
Jul 05, 2016

Canada Post still hopes to negotiate 'reasonable' deal with union: spokesman
CANADA – Canada Post says talks with the union representing postal workers continue and it still hopes to negotiate a deal. Spokesman Jon Hamilton says the company has not given the required 72 ...
Jul 04, 2016

Canadians Remember Holocaust Survivor Elie Wiesel
TORONTO: Many Canadians were mourning the death of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Holocaust survivor, and author Elie Wiesel. On social media, prominent Canadian politicians paid tribute to Wiesel, who was...
Jul 03, 2016

Canada Post Workers Propose New Deal; Delay in Strikes
CANADA – The union representing postal workers says it has presented Canada Post with new offers, and workers won’t be striking before Wednesday. Provided that the Canadian Union of Postal...
Jul 02, 2016