Category Archives: Canada
The rise of mobile zoos raising concerns about health and safety
TORONTO - Shannon Geldart does not remember what kind of snake it was, only that it stretched further than the width of her Toronto home. As the metres-long reptile settled on the ...
Oct 07, 2016
Trudeau says Liberals not looking at raising federal minimum wage
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waded into the debate Friday about how to boost wages for Canada’s low- and middle-income earners, indicating his government won’t follow provinces t...
Oct 07, 2016
Companies expecting better export growth despite U.S. election uncertainty: poll
OTTAWA - A new Bank of Canada survey suggests while companies are anticipating modestly better days ahead for exports, they’re also bracing for slower U.S. growth d...
Oct 07, 2016
Driver of truck that crashed while carrying pigs to slaughterhouse facing charges
BURLINGTON, Ont. - The driver of a truck that overturned while carrying roughly 180 pigs to a Toronto-area slaughterhouse this week has been charged with careless driving. Police say the 25-...
Oct 07, 2016
Yukon premier calls election, saying he'll fight carbon tax 'tooth and nail'
WHITEHORSE - Voters in Yukon will go to the polls on Nov. 7 after a 31-day campaign that is expected to focus on First Nations relations, the economy and a controversial carbon tax on greenh...
Oct 07, 2016
A closer look at the federal government's books for 2015-16 fiscal year
OTTAWA - The federal government released its year-end financial figures Friday for 2015-16. Here are some highlights of the report, with 2014-15 numbers in parentheses: Revenue from sal...
Oct 07, 2016
In the red: federal government posts narrow $1 billion deficit in 2015-16
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a razor-thin $1-billion deficit in 2015-16, a period in which both the Liberals and Conservatives had turns managing the public books. T...
Oct 07, 2016
Dolphins appear to be free after lengthy stranding in northern N.B.:official
LAMEQUE, N.B. - Six dolphins who stubbornly refused efforts to free them from a shallow bay in northern New Brunswick appear to have been finally coaxed back to open ocean. “We don’t ...
Oct 07, 2016
QuickList: Unemployment rates in selected Canadian cities in September
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in September. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major citie...
Oct 07, 2016
QuickList: Canadian unemployment rates by province for month of September
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in September. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundlan...
Oct 07, 2016