Category Archives: Canada
Rescue team dispatched to site of plane crash in Labrador, two men hurt
MAKKOVIK, N.L. - Two men injured in the crash of a small plane into a mountain are being transported by snowmobile to a medical station in Labrador. RCMP say a search and rescue team went to the crash...
May 03, 2019
PSAC rejects compensation
offer for Phoenix pay fiasco, other groups accept
OTTAWA - The federal government says it has reached a tentative deal with some groups on compensation for workers affected by problems with the Phoenix pay system. But the Public Service Alliance of C...
May 03, 2019
Quebec social workers decry working conditions following death of Granby girl
MONTREAL - Quebec’s order of social workers says its members need more time and less pressure to properly do their jobs. Order president Guylaine Ouimette held a press conference Friday in react...
May 03, 2019
Environmentalists welcome Sask. carbon ruling that affirms federal climate role
Environmental groups were cheering a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling on carbon pricing that legal experts say strongly affirms the federal government’s essential role in the fight against cl...
May 03, 2019
Marineland, Vancouver Aquarium shipping beluga whales out of the country
Two major Canadian tourist attractions are sending beluga whales outside the country as a new federal law looms that would ban exports on marine mammals, The Canadian Press has learned. Fisheries and ...
May 03, 2019
Feds propose making some employers offer menstrual products for free at work
OTTAWA - Workers in federally regulated workplaces should have access to free menstrual products, the Canadian government says in a proposal published Friday. The government wants to put menstrual pro...
May 03, 2019
CBC must diversify revenue to protect it from political whims, president says
MONTREAL - The CBC must continually look for new commercial revenue streams - particularly internationally - as a way to protect itself from the whims of politicians, the public broadcaster’s pr...
May 03, 2019
Floods finally subsiding across eastern Canada: 'Now you get into the long slog'
The worst appears over for flood-stricken areas across eastern Canada. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said the situation appears to be getting better - water levels are dropping in Quebec and Ne...
May 03, 2019
Feds fund media project aimed at improving coverage of human rights issues
TORONTO - The federal government is investing millions of dollars in a project meant to improve international media coverage of human rights issues, particularly those impacting women and girls. Gende...
May 03, 2019
Public prosecutor takes aim at SNC-Lavalin's court bid for remediation deal
OTTAWA - Canada’s director of public prosecutions is firing a new volley at SNC-Lavalin that could hobble the company’s ongoing legal fight for a special settlement agreement over alleged ...
May 03, 2019