Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - Nestle will have to wait two years before it can even test a well it purchased in a fast-growing southern Ontario community which wanted the site for its drinking water supply. The Ontario g...

OTTAWA - A weekend push to persuade a small but essential pocket of Belgium to support the sweeping Canada-Europe trade agreement has yet to resolve differences ahead of a key meeting that could deter...

HALIFAX - Police are looking for a violent thief with a taste for trousers. They say two men approached two other men in downtown Halifax (around Prince and Argyle streets) just after midnight and beg...

TORONTO - In a surprise move, Rogers Communications announced Monday the immediate departure of its CEO Guy Laurence and the uncertain arrival time for his replacement, former Telus chief executive Jo...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Long-standing protests over the Muskrat Falls hydro project are escalating - including nine arrests Monday, a march on the provincial legislature and a hunger strike - as rese...

BEIJING - Surgeons from around the world gathered at a conference in Beijing on Monday in China’s latest effort to fight persistent skepticism about whether its hospitals have stopped performing...

Six stories in the news for Monday, Oct. 17 --- ONTARIO’S NEW RULES FOR BOTTLED WATER COMPANIES Ontario’s Liberal government is proposing a two-year hold on the creation or expansion of an...

MONTREAL - As Montreal’s original subway cars are being gradually pulled out of service, at least a few of the 50-year-old cars will be getting second lives. As part of an event celebrating the ...

TORONTO - The head of the federal housing agency is raising a red flag about the state of Canada’s real estate sector, saying affordability concerns have spilled over from the country’s tw...

TORONTO - Ontario is proposing a two-year hold on the creation or expansion of bottled water plants as the government moves to strengthen the rules around water taking permits. The Canadian Press has ...