Category Archives: Canada
Montreal's transit workers vote 99 per cent in favour of pressure tactics
Montreal bus and subway drivers have voted 99 per cent in favour of pressure tactics that may include a general strike as their union and the city’s transit company work toward a new contract. T...
May 03, 2018
First Nations, private company, say Churchill rail line deal in the works
CHURCHILL, Man. - A group of Manitoba First Nations says it has formed a partnership with a private company that will lead to the reopening of the rail line to Churchill. The First Nations say the dea...
May 03, 2018
Class action lawsuit in works in Calgary Young Canadians sex abuse case
CALGARY - A law firm is encouraging victims in a sex abuse case to be part of a lawsuit against the man convicted of the crimes and the Calgary Stampede Foundation. On Wednesday, Philip Heerema was se...
May 03, 2018
Sidewalk Labs says 'sketch' of plan for Toronto coming in July
TORONTO - The public will have to wait until late July to see “initial sketches” of a plan for a proposed high-tech community in the city, while a more detailed proposal is set to be relea...
May 03, 2018
WestJet severs ties with Hopper app after 'confusion' about secret fares
WestJet Airlines said it is severing ties with airfare finder app Hopper due to confusion over the developer’s announcement the airline would offer “secret fares” on its app. Montrea...
May 03, 2018
Female singer-songwriters reign at East Coast Music Awards gala
HALIFAX - Female singer-songwriters reigned at this year’s East Coast Music Awards gala Thursday, including a P.E.I. artist rewarded for an intimate music video detailing her heartbreaking story...
May 03, 2018
Norovirus outbreaks linked to oysters a sign of water pollution: shellfish group
VANCOUVER - Oysters contaminated with norovirus in British Columbia have become a costly problem and the issue magnifies a broader failure to keep oceans clean, says the provincial shellfish growers a...
May 03, 2018
Toronto college holds memorial service for student killed in van attack
TORONTO - A Toronto college says a memorial service was held Thursday to honour a student who was one of 10 people killed in the van attack last week. Seneca College says the memorial for Ji Hun Kim w...
May 03, 2018
Cost on families from feds' carbon tax plan will be known in September: Morneau
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are pressuring the Trudeau government to divulge how much the federal carbon tax will cost Canadian households - but Finance Minister Bill Morneau says they’...
May 03, 2018
Halifax beats Ottawa, Victoria to host 2020 North American Indigenous Games
Halifax has bested Victoria and Ottawa to win the 2020 North American Indigenous Games. The Nova Scotia government says the North American Indigenous Games Council chose Halifax in a vote Thursday in ...
May 03, 2018