Category Archives: Canada
CMHC raises red flag about housing, cites spillover from Toronto, Vancouver
TORONTO - The head of the federal housing agency is raising a red flag about the state of Canada’s real estate sector, saying affordability concerns have spilled over from the country’s tw...
Oct 17, 2016
CP exclusive: Ontario proposes new rules for bottled water companies
TORONTO - Ontario is proposing a two-year hold on the creation or expansion of bottled water plants as the government moves to strengthen the rules around water taking permits. The Cana...
Oct 17, 2016
Fired-up Philpott challenges provinces, territories over health transfers
TORONTO - Health Minister Jane Philpott bluntly put the provinces and territories on notice Monday that the federal Liberal government isn’t willing to spend more on health care without innovati...
Oct 17, 2016
Two down, one to go: Auto workers accept new contract with second automaker
TORONTO - Workers at Fiat Chrysler have voted to accept a new contract with the automaker in what their union describes as “tough” negotiations. Unifor says the four-year agreement se...
Oct 16, 2016
Provinces set stage for tough round of health funding negotiations
OTTAWA - Provincial officials are setting the stage for a tough round of negotiations when they meet the federal health minister this week in Toronto to discuss the future of health-care funding. Spea...
Oct 16, 2016
Lack of black box makes probe into fatal plane crash difficult: expert
KELOWNA, B.C. - An aviation expert says determining what caused a fatal plane crash near Kelowna, B.C., will be especially difficult because the aircraft didn’t have flight recording devices. In...
Oct 16, 2016
Wikileaks highlights: What's in those hacked emails Trump is talking about
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is fuming at the media. He’s upset they’re focusing on his sexual conduct, instead of the emails being posted to the Wikileaks site. His erratic response to ...
Oct 16, 2016
Quebec City police investigating alleged sexual assaults at Laval University
Quebec City police say they’re investigating several reports of sexual assaults that allegedly took place in Laval University residences over the weekend. Police sp...
Oct 16, 2016
Researchers in N.L. have new theory in debate about fossils
MISTAKEN POINT, N.L. - Researchers in Newfoundland and Labrador say they may have have unlocked a 575-million-year-old “enigma” embedded in the sea floor at the southeast tip of ...
Oct 16, 2016
Justice minister expected to reveal plans for victim surcharge this week
OTTAWA - The Liberals are moving towards changing the controversial mandatory victim surcharge brought in by the previous Conservative government, with the federal justice minister expected to introdu...
Oct 16, 2016