Category Archives: Canada

Opposition Conservatives head into 2020 with fights ahead on three fronts
OTTAWA - In 2019, federal Conservatives sought to draw voters in their direction with the slogan: "It's time for you to get ahead." But they didn't get enough of those voters to form government, and s...
Jan 02, 2020

Talks to resume with refuellers and an unsolved murder; In The News for Jan. 2
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 2. What we are watching in Canada .....
Jan 02, 2020

Rescue group: stray dog's condition improving after being found with jar on head
WINNIPEG - After days of uncertainty that followed the rescue of a Manitoba stray dog with pellets in her body, metal in her belly and a plastic jar stuck on her head, the group that's ...
Jan 01, 2020

Dozens of flights cancelled in Montreal as ice storm hits Eastern Canada
Dozens of flights have been cancelled at Montreal's Trudeau airport as a powerful ice storm makes its way through Eastern Canada. A snowfall warning was in effect for the Montreal region on ...
Jan 01, 2020

Former Tory leadership candidate Erin O'Toole revving up for new campaign
OTTAWA - Former Conservative leadership candidate Erin O'Toole held a five-hour meeting in the Toronto area Monday to suss out a plan to make another bid for the party's top job. About 20 people from ...
Jan 01, 2020

Canada's first babies of the new year born seconds after midnight
Some of Canada's newest parents rang in the new year by welcoming the first babies born in 2020 moments after the stroke of midnight. In Quebec, baby Henri made his appearance at a Laval hospital...
Jan 01, 2020

Owners of pyrrhotite-damaged Quebec homes demand SNC-Lavalin settlement money
MONTREAL - Owners of pyrrhotite-damaged homes across Quebec's Mauricie region are eyeing the $280-million penalty engineering firm SNC-Lavalin was recently ordered to pay for its fraudulent ...
Jan 01, 2020

Montreal airport refuellers, Swissport to resume negotiations tomorrow
MONTREAL - Swissport Canada and the union representing employees who refuel the planes at two Montreal airports will return to the negotiating table Thursday morning after a second stra...
Jan 01, 2020

Pilot shortage can't be addressed by existing programs, documents suggest
OTTAWA - Federal officials combing through skills training programs have concluded major changes are needed if those are to be used to address a shortage of airline pilots.Instead, officials are sugge...
Jan 01, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

Federal scientists study how to adapt building codes to climate change
When storm winds howl and rivers flood, buildings take the brunt. And as climate change makes all kinds of extreme weather more frequent and more destructive, scientists at the National Research Counc...
Jan 01, 2020