Category Archives: Canada
Northern Ontario communities spend more than half of income on food:Report
TORONTO - A new report suggests people living in remote northern Ontario communities spend more than half their income on food to meet basic nutritional needs. The report from Food Secure Canada looke...
Sep 12, 2016
International law firm Dentons hires former prime minister Stephen Harper
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper has landed himself a job with an international law firm. Dentons announced Monday that Harper has teamed up with the firm to provide clients with advice o...
Sep 12, 2016
PotashCorp and Agrium agree to merge to create dominant agricultural player
CALGARY - Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan and Agrium have agreed to merge in a deal that would create a dominant player in the global agricultural industry worth an estimated US$36 billion. The pact anno...
Sep 12, 2016
Seven stories in the news today, Sept. 12
Seven stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- FINAL ARGUMENTS TO BE MADE IN CASE AGAINST JUDGE Closing arguments are scheduled today in the case of a Federal Court judge facing possible ...
Sep 12, 2016
Tories gave 'serious thought' to giving women majority on high court: MacKay
OTTAWA - The previous Conservative government at one point considered working toward giving women a majority of the nine seats on the Supreme Court of Canada, said former justice minister Peter MacKay...
Sep 12, 2016
Quebec apple growers struggle to contain disease affecting trees
MONTREAL - The apple harvesting period may come as a relief to many Quebec growers who have spent the summer fighting a contagious disease spreading through their trees. For the next four or five week...
Sep 12, 2016
Live-in caregiver says government promises for foreign worker program aren't enough
TORONTO - With Parliament poised to look at changes to how temporary foreign workers are treated, people who came as live-in caregivers are speaking out about what they call injustices within the fede...
Sep 12, 2016
Montreal taxi industry to meet Tuesday to discuss Uber deal
MONTREAL - Representatives of Montreal’s taxi industry are scheduled to meet Tuesday to draft a response to the recent deal between the provincial government and ride-hailing company Uber. Taxi ...
Sep 12, 2016
Delay in Calgary first-degree murder trial for parents in diabetic teen's death
CALGARY - The defence in a trial for parents of a teenage boy who died of starvation and complications from untreated diabetes on Monday asked for a brief delay to decide if it will call a witness. On...
Sep 12, 2016
One person to be dropped from allegations of insider trading with Amaya ex-CEO
MONTREAL - Allegations of insider trading are being whittled down to 12 people affiliated with the former CEO of online gaming company Amaya. The independent tribunal overseeing Quebec’s financi...
Sep 12, 2016