Category Archives: Canada
Brock U names new interim president after woman slated for job doesn't take post
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Ontario’s Brock University has named a new interim president a month after announcing that a woman who was to become the school’s first female president would not be...
Sep 30, 2016
University of New Brunswick adjourns appeal in women's hockey case
FREDERICTON - The University of New Brunswick is pausing the court battle against a ruling that ordered it to reinstate its women’s varsity hockey team. The ruling, by the Labour and Employment ...
Sep 30, 2016
Liberals call Commons debate, vote on ratifying Paris climate commitments
OTTAWA - The Liberal government will hold a debate and a vote in the House of Commons next week on whether Canada should ratify the international Paris climate accord. The debate by MPs is to begin Mo...
Sep 30, 2016
Federal books $8B lower over first four months compared with a year ago
OTTAWA - New numbers released Friday show the federal government ran a deficit of $2.8 billion over the first four months of 2016-17 - dropping Ottawa’s fiscal position $8 billion lower than it ...
Sep 30, 2016
New Brunswick government reinstates French immersion in first grade
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government is reinstating French immersion in Grade 1, starting in September 2017. The change was a Liberal campaign promise in 2014. “We are delivering on our pr...
Sep 30, 2016
Samsung working with Health Canada to address potential risk from washers
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Samsung says it is working with Health Canada to address potential safety issues with certain top-loading, high-efficiency washing machines that can vibrate to the point where they...
Sep 30, 2016
Canadian economy expands 0.5 per cent in July, beating expectations
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy beat expectations in July with fresh data showing it expanded 0.5 per cent as the country continued moving away from a contraction earlier in the year. Statistics Canada ...
Sep 30, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Sept. 30
Six stories in the news for Friday, Sept. 30. --- PM TRUDEAU LEADS CANADIAN DELEGATION AT PERES FUNERAL The funeral ceremony for former Israeli President Shimon Peres is underway in Jerusalem. A milit...
Sep 30, 2016
Leaders mourn Peres, who Chretien says had 'no regret, always looking forward'
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his Liberal and Conservative predecessors and political luminaries from around the world gathered Friday to mourn Shimon Peres - the Israeli statesman hailed...
Sep 30, 2016
War canoe takes Prince William and Kate to Haida Gwaii as royal tour winds down
HAIDA GWAII, B.C. - Prince William and Kate arrived at a small village off the coast of B.C. on Friday in a replica 15-metre Haida war canoe, ferried to the remote island by paddlers wearing T-shirts ...
Sep 30, 2016