Category Archives: Canada
Thomson Reuters to create 400 jobs in Canada, relocate senior roles to Toronto
TORONTO - Thomson Reuters unveiled plans Friday to create 400 jobs in Canada over the next two years by establishing a new technology centre in Toronto, a move the company credited to the re...
Oct 07, 2016
Rapper, women's advocate pan sentence in Newfoundland sexual assault case
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Outrage is building around the case of a man who sexually attacked an 11-year-old Newfoundland girl on several occasions, with a women’s advocate and rapper Classified s...
Oct 07, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Oct. 7
Five stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 7 --- LATEST JOBS NUMBERS OUT TODAY Canadians will find out today whether August’s robust hiring numbers were a blip on the radar, when Statistics Canad...
Oct 07, 2016
Jean-Francois Lisee elected Parti Quebecois leader on second round
LEVIS, Que. - There will be no Quebec sovereignty referendum for at least another six years if the new Parti Quebecois leader becomes premier in 2018 and stays true to his promise. Jean-Fran...
Oct 07, 2016
Family of Saskatchewan teenager missing since April offers $25,000 reward
REGINA - The family of a missing 17-year-old girl are offering a $25,000 reward for information that helps finds her. Mekayla Bali was first reported missing on April 12. She was last seen at the...
Oct 06, 2016
African refugees alleging rights abuses get go-ahead to sue Canadian mining firm
VANCOUVER - Foreign workers who have accused a Vancouver-based company of human rights abuses at an African mine will have their case heard in the Canadian legal system. In a judgment releas...
Oct 06, 2016
Driver of Calgary commuter train caused crash, can't remember what happened
CALGARY - A transit official says human error is to blame for a Calgary commuter train that crashed last month during peak morning rush hour. The light-rail train failed to stop as it w...
Oct 06, 2016
Manitoba Liberal says obesity should be protected under human rights code
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician wants obese people protected from discrimination under the province’s human rights code. Jon Gerrard, one of only three Liberal legislature members, has introduc...
Oct 06, 2016
Dion's thumbs-down gesture seen as disrespect by mother of abducted kids
OTTAWA - A B.C. woman whose four children were abducted by her ex-husband to Iran says she was shocked to see Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion make a dismissive thumbs-down g...
Oct 06, 2016
Changes at Manitoba legislature could lead to crackdown on protests: Opposition
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is transferring control over the legislature’s public rooms and outside grounds from government departments to the Speaker’s office - a move the Oppositi...
Oct 06, 2016