Category Archives: Canada
A look at the five biggest foreign takeovers by Canadian companies
CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. has struck a deal to acquire Houston-based Spectra Energy in a friendly, all-stock deal worth US$28 billion in what would be the largest foreign takeover by a Canadian company....
Sep 06, 2016

Montreal taxi drivers planning to sue city for the right to wear black jeans
MONTREAL - A group of more than 100 Montreal taxi drivers announced Tuesday it will sue the city over the right to wear black jeans on the job. Cabbies say they will file an injunction in the coming d...
Sep 06, 2016

Calgary neighbourhood tells tree planters to make like a tree and leaf
CALGARY - Protests over trees usually happen when they’re being cut down, but some Calgary residents are upset the city has planted saplings in a park across from their homes. Ian Burgess says s...
Sep 06, 2016

'Canadian values' exist, but don't screen immigrants for them: Bernier
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier says the best way to promote Canadian values is to provide new immigrants with economic opportunities to help them integrate into society - no...
Sep 06, 2016
Man posed as U.K. diplomat as part of $30K fraud of Ont. woman: police
NEWMARKET, Ont. - Police say a 41-year-old man - who allegedly claimed to be a diplomat from the United Kingdom as part of an elaborate fraud - is facing charges after an Ontario woman lost $30,000 in...
Sep 06, 2016

The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Sept. 6 ____ ALLIES USING CANADIAN INFO TO BOMB ISIL: Senior military officer, Brig.-Gen. Shane Brennan, says Canadian military aircraft are providing vital ...
Sep 06, 2016
Tory leadership hopeful Maxime Bernier wants maple syrup restrictions lifted
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier is calling for Quebec’s maple syrup producers to be allowed to sell the sweet stuff as they see fit. They are currently subject to a sup...
Sep 06, 2016
A by-the-numbers look at Canada and the anti-ISIL bombing campaign
OTTAWA - Although the Liberal government withdrew Canada’s CF-18s from Iraq and Syria in the spring, two Aurora surveillance planes and a Polaris refuelling aircraft have continued to participat...
Sep 06, 2016

Canadian surveillance aircraft feeding ISIL bombing campaign with info
OTTAWA - Despite the withdrawal of Canada’s fighter jets from Iraq and Syria last spring, a senior officer says Canadian military aircraft are providing vital intelligence to allies for air stri...
Sep 06, 2016
Winnipeg woman accused of concealing infant remains has fraud charge dropped
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg woman accused of hiding the remains of six infants in a storage locker has had an unrelated charge against her stayed. Andrea Giesbrecht’s lawyer, Matthew Gould, says the C...
Sep 06, 2016