Category Archives: Canada
New Supreme Court nominee Malcolm Rowe faces grilling by MPs, senators
OTTAWA - Jurists should show humility, tact and compassion in cases involving sexual assault and harassment, Newfoundland and Labrador judge Malcolm Rowe said Tuesday as MPs and senators siz...
Oct 25, 2016
How tiny Wallonia can hijack the EU-Canada deal
BRUSSELS - It’s a serious case of the tail wagging the dog. For days now, the small Belgian region of Wallonia, population 3.6 million, has been holding up the signature of a landmark free-trade...
Oct 25, 2016
Federal government set to launch competition for Canada's next warship design
OTTAWA - The federal government is poised to fire the starting gun on the long-awaited, multibillion-dollar race to design and build the navy’s newest warships. The competition, which ...
Oct 25, 2016
N.L. premier, aboriginal leaders make progress after marathon Muskrat Falls meeting
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Indigenous leaders and the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial government came out of a marathon meeting early Wednesday touting significant progress made on the Muskrat...
Oct 25, 2016
Shoppers Drug Mart applies to be a distributor of medical marijuana
TORONTO - Shoppers Drug Mart has submitted an application to distribute medical marijuana - a move that, if permitted, could change how patients get access to the drug. But although the pharmacy ...
Oct 25, 2016
Canadian Blood Services increases iron guidelines for donors
OTTAWA - Tougher iron guidelines for blood donors will almost certainly reduce collections in the short term, said a spokesman for Canadian Blood Services as the national agency appealed for more dona...
Oct 25, 2016
Amended CETA declaration not enough to win Walloon support, documents show
OTTAWA - One day before Belgium’s Wallonia region formally rejected the Canada-EU free trade deal, the two sides pledged in writing to strengthen the controversial dispute settlement section of ...
Oct 25, 2016
High-tech beef cattle monitoring firm pockets growth funds from U.K. investor
CALGARY - From a chart on his computer screen at GrowSafe Systems Ltd., co-CEO Camiel Huisma can describe not only how much a certain cow ate today but how quickly it ate and how much it weighs. The a...
Oct 25, 2016
Washington wolf killed in Montana after 1,100km journey across Idaho, Canada
SPOKANE, Wash. - U.S. wildlife officials say a grey wolf that left its pack in northeastern Washington trekked more than 1,100 kilometres across Idaho and Canada before being shot in central Mont...
Oct 25, 2016
Atlantic provinces need to shed trade, regulatory barriers, study argues
HALIFAX - Atlantic Canada needs a deal to reduce regulatory and trade barriers for areas as basic as the rules on trucks that carry goods around the region, says a report by a...
Oct 25, 2016