Category Archives: Canada
Health Canada sets plain-packaging rules for tobacco, to take effect in November
OTTAWA - Canadian cigarette packs will have to be plain drab brown with standardized layouts and lettering under new rules that kick in next Nov. 9, Health Canada says. Officials said plain packages w...
May 01, 2019
B.C. takes Alberta to court on law that could see gasoline exports cut
EDMONTON - British Columbia’s premier fought battles over the Trans Mountain pipeline on two fronts Wednesday, going to court against Alberta’s premier, who wants the line expanded, while ...
May 01, 2019
Trudeau taps veteran to run Liberal re-election campaign, loses star recruit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a bid Wednesday to mobilize old-guard Liberals in the coming federal election campaign even as he lost another of his star rookie recruits from the last cam...
May 01, 2019
Liberal MP, retired general, Andrew Leslie says he won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - A first-time Liberal MP and longtime military man says he won’t run for re-election this fall. Retired lieutenant-general Andrew Leslie says in an open letter today that after careful c...
May 01, 2019
Feds to exempt oilsands from new reviews unless Kenney lifts emissions cap
Ottawa is warning the new government in Alberta not to scrap the province’s legal limit on greenhouse-gas emissions from the oilsands if it doesn’t want to lose jurisdiction to review the ...
May 01, 2019
One in five newly certified medical specialists unemployed in 2017, study shows
MONTREAL - Despite long patient waiting lists, almost one in five Canadian medical specialists weren’t able to find work upon graduation from their training programs in 2017 - the highest number...
May 01, 2019
Quebec government seeks answers from youth protection after 7-year-old girl dies
MONTREAL - The Quebec government wants a full accounting of what happened to a seven-year-old girl whose case had long been on the radar of youth protection officials before her death this week. Lione...
May 01, 2019
Federal government boosts loans for canola farmers amid tensions with China
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals promised Wednesday to give Canada’s canola farmers financial aid to lessen the impact of China’s decision to ban their products as part of a trade dispute wit...
May 01, 2019
Central Ontario cottage country deals with more rain as flooding persists
When Dave Coon went to bed at his home in central Ontario’s cottage country Monday night, the guest cabin on his waterfront property was “high and dry” - by Tuesday morning, however,...
May 01, 2019
Enviro group asks Competition Bureau to probe claim of flushable' wipes
OTTAWA - Friends of the Earth Canada wants the Competition Bureau to investigate a recent study it says proves there is no such thing as a “flushable” wipe. “This is the most outrage...
May 01, 2019