Category Archives: Canada
Ottawa slams Saskatchewan over private MRIs that let 'people jump the queue'
REGINA - Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says Saskatchewan needs to stop allowing people who can pay for private MRI scans to jump the queue or risk losing health-care funding. Saskatchewan̵...
Nov 28, 2016
Saskatchewan reaches deal with Ottawa on future of coal-fired power plants
REGINA - Saskatchewan says it has reached a deal with Ottawa that will allow the province to keep using coal-fired power plants in “a responsible manner” beyond 2030. The agreement will al...
Nov 28, 2016
Nova Scotia teachers begin work-to-rule next Monday, don't plan to strike yet
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia teachers are withdrawing from extracurricular activities as of next Monday as they start work-to-rule, but have no immediate plans to walk off the job altogether. The union said ...
Nov 28, 2016
Ontario announces participants in self-driving car pilot project
WATERLOO, Ont. - Self-driving vehicles are hitting Ontario streets, after the province became the first in Canada to open a pilot project to test the automated vehicles on public roads. Transportation...
Nov 28, 2016
Strike at Canada's second-busiest commercial border crossing enters week 2
POINT EDWARD, Ont. - A strike at Canada’s second-busiest commercial border crossing to the United States has entered its second week. Workers at the Blue Water Bridge - which links Point Edward,...
Nov 28, 2016
Liberals renew, broaden hate-crime prevention fund for groups at risk
OTTAWA - The federal government is making it easier for religious and cultural groups at risk of hate crimes to improve security in and around their buildings. The Liberals are expanding the range of ...
Nov 28, 2016
Store pulls potatoes from shelves after metal object found again in P.E.I. spuds
HALIFAX - A sewing needle has been found in a dish of cooked P.E.I. potatoes, the latest in a string of incidents involving metal objects discovered in Island spuds. Halifax police Const. Dianne Penfo...
Nov 28, 2016
Security, peacekeeping hot topic at PM's first summit of la Francophonie
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau has returned from his first visit to Africa as prime minister, but the issue of security on the continent will continue to dominate as he prepares to reveal the location for th...
Nov 28, 2016
Top soldier angry, disappointed sexual misconduct still major problem
OTTAWA - A disappointed and angry chief of the defence staff put the military on notice Monday after a Statistics Canada survey found a troubling number of sexual assaults and other misconduct among a...
Nov 28, 2016
OECD maintains low-growth view of Canada's economy this year and next
TORONTO - The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development is sticking by its prediction that Canada’s economy will grow by 1.2 per cent this year, followed by a 2.1 per cent rise next...
Nov 28, 2016