Category Archives: Canada
Trudeau meets Congress of Aboriginal Peoples to discuss concerns
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett met today with the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples - the first of what will be yearly meetings to ensure the ...
Jan 10, 2017
Verdict in Brent Hawkes' gross indecency trial pushed back to Jan. 31
KENTVILLE, N.S. - The verdict in the gross indecency trial of prominent Toronto pastor Brent Hawkes has been pushed back because the judge needs more time. Judge Alan Tufts was going to hand down...
Jan 10, 2017
Climate change expertise lacking in Canadian boardrooms, says report
CALGARY - Canada’s biggest oil and gas producers and utilities appear to lack expertise in climate change at the board level despite their dependence on selling energy products linked to th...
Jan 10, 2017
Whitehorse mayor's lesson in turban tying, Bhangra dancing goes viral
WHITEHORSE - A video of a Yukon mayor learning to wear a Sikh turban and dance Bhangra has gone viral. A seven-minute video posted online Friday starring Whitehorse Mayor Dan Curtis has already g...
Jan 10, 2017
Liberals' promised infrastructure spending slow to get out the door: PBO
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government may fall short of spending all the money it planned to devote to infrastructure in the first year of its mandate, says a new analysis released Tuesday by the feder...
Jan 10, 2017
B.C. boosts eligibility for homeowner grant to 1.6M as property values skyrocket
VANCOUVER - British Columbia residents whose homes are valued at up to $1.6 million will now be eligible for a reduction on their annual property tax bill. The provincial government ann...
Jan 10, 2017
Gildan Activewear wins auction to buy American Apparel for US$88 million
MONTREAL - Gildan Activewear has won an auction to buy bankrupt clothing company American Apparel for US$88 million, some US$22 million more than a stalking horse offer it made in November. The deal a...
Jan 10, 2017
Tow of tanker grounded off Nova Scotia unsuccessful, operations suspended
SYDNEY, N.S. - A salvage team was unable to pull a grounded tanker from a sandy bottom off Cape Breton on Tuesday evening. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says the tow of the Arca 1 w...
Jan 10, 2017
Groups call for complete restart of Energy East review after new panel named
CALGARY - Environmental groups are calling for the Energy East pipeline review process to start from scratch now that the National Energy Board has formally appointed new members to the review pa...
Jan 10, 2017
Four stories in the news today, Jan. 10
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 10 --- PM TRUDEAU EXPECTED TO SHUFFLE CABINET TODAY Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to give his cabinet a facelift today, shifting some weak minist...
Jan 10, 2017