Category Archives: Canada
General fined $2,000 for accidental gunshot in Iraq
GATINEAU, Que. - Canada’s top special forces soldier has been fined $2,000 after accidentally firing his weapon near another military officer last year. A military judge handed down the punishme...
Oct 11, 2016
Student loan program mistakenly forgives loans to doctors, nurses: Documents
OTTAWA - The federal government is keeping closer tabs on a student loan program targeting doctors and nurses after many of them had loans mistakenly forgiven over the past two years. The federal...
Oct 11, 2016
Fiat-Chrysler and Unifor reach tentative agreement
TORONTO - A last-minute tentative agreement has averted a threatened strike by 9,750 workers at Fiat-Chrysler’s operations in Ontario. Unifor president Jerry Dias announced the four-year deal ju...
Oct 10, 2016
Samsung halts sales of Galaxy Note 7; Canadian says he will keep using his phone
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - An Ottawa man who received a replacement Galaxy Note 7 smartphone Tuesday morning says he plans to keep using it despite a notice from manufacturer Samsung that it was halting...
Oct 10, 2016
Four people dead after fiery crash in Brampton, Ont., on Monday night
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Police are investigating after four people were killed in a fiery crash in Brampton, Ont., on Monday night. Peel Region police say the incident took place just before 9 p.m. (near Bov...
Oct 10, 2016
Heavy rains and strong wreaking havoc in the Maritimes
HALIFAX - Thousands of homes and businesses across Atlantic Canada were without electricity early Tuesday due to heavy rain and strong winds that lashed the region on Thanksgiving Monday. Environ...
Oct 10, 2016
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau to open TSX to mark International Day of the Girl
TORONTO - Sophie Gregoire Trudeau will open the trading day at the Toronto Stock Exchange on Tuesday to mark International Day of the Girl. She is collaborating with three charitable organization...
Oct 10, 2016
Republican party on the precipice of civil war, 29 days before election
WASHINGTON - The Republican party inched toward civil war less than a month before election day, as spiralling poll numbers and controversies lit the fuse Monday for a potentially explosive ...
Oct 10, 2016
U.S. preparing to emulate Canada's private refugee-sponsor system
WASHINGTON - The United States appears to be working toward a system for privately sponsoring refugees, potentially making it the latest country to emulate the program Canada has deploy...
Oct 10, 2016
Feds ban new embassies along Sussex Drive after RCMP flags security concerns
OTTAWA - The federal government is forbidding the construction of new embassies on Ottawa’s Sussex Drive following a stark RCMP assessment of the potential for “violent events” in th...
Oct 10, 2016