Category Archives: Canada
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
Calgary Confirms It's Exploring Potential Bid For 2026 Winter Olympic Games
TORONTO - The City of Calgary is formally exploring a bid to host the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. The announcement came Friday as the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) established a special committee to...
Jul 02, 2016
Refugee Numbers Explode Along with Factors Endangering Them
OTTAWA: The United Nations’ refugee agency says one in every 113 people around the world is either an asylum-seeker, internally displaced or a refugee. The agency says by the end of last year, 6...
Jun 20, 2016
Canadian Sawmill Jobs At Risk As Softwood Lumber Deal Appears To Fade: Analyst
MONTREAL - Canadian jobs and sawmills across the country are increasingly at risk because of fading prospects they will avoid a new round of U.S. duties on imported softwood lumber, according to an in...
Jun 19, 2016
Is This The Year For CPP Reform? Talks Heat Up As Ministers Prepare For Meeting
OTTAWA - The stars may finally align for an expansion to the Canada Pension Plan as national talks on its future are expected to intensify over the coming days. On Monday, federal, provincial and terr...
Jun 18, 2016
Judge Rules Some Stanley Cup Rioters Must Pay For Damaging Vehicles
VANCOUVER - A judge has ruled that some people who participated in the 2011 Stanley Cup riots in Vancouver are liable for damaging vehicles in the melee. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Elliott Myers said ...
Jun 18, 2016
Senators bow to will of elected Commons, vote to pass assisted dying bill
OTTAWA - Appointed senators have bowed to the will of the elected House of Commons, giving up their insistence that suffering Canadians who are not near death should have the right to seek medical hel...
Jun 17, 2016