Category Archives: Canada

Copyright collective can't force tariffs on university, Supreme Court rules
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a copyright collective cannot force York University to pay specific tariffs for the use of published works in the classroom. In its unanimous decision today, ...
Jul 30, 2021

Freeland says Liberals will extend aid programs to October because of uneven rebound
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is extending pandemic aid programs by an extra month beyond the previously planned end date. The decision means that wage and rent subsi...
Jul 30, 2021

Canadian women mine more Olympic gold and B.C.'s killer heat: In The News for July 30
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 July 30 ... What we are watching on the world ...
Jul 30, 2021

Statistics Canada to give early glimpse of how economy fared in second quarter
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say today how the economy fared in May and give its early estimate on the second quarter of the year. Last month, the agency said its preliminary estimate was that real...
Jul 30, 2021

Ottawa drummer squirrelled away 1968 Joni Mitchell tape recorded by Jimi Hendrix
OTTAWA - An Ottawa drummer with a passion for collecting reel-to-reel tapes deserves applause for the coming release of a Joni Mitchell performance recorded over half a century ago by none other than ...
Jul 30, 2021

Doctors, lawyers want B.C. to track injuries after record heat wave
VANCOUVER - Two groups focused on environmental issues are calling on the British Columbia government to come up with a plan to track "heat dome injuries" following record-setting temperatures that ar...
Jul 30, 2021

Telltale transactions help financial intelligence centre combat sex trafficking
OTTAWA - Transactional clues - from hotel bills paid in cash to purchases of escort-service ads - are helping Canada's financial intelligence agency detect human trafficking in the sex trade. The Fina...
Jul 30, 2021

Nunavut opens travel bubble with Nunavik as pandemic restrictions ease
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The government of Nunavut says residents of the territory and of Arctic Quebec can now travel freely between both regions as long as they've been in a community for at least 14 days...
Jul 29, 2021

Archdiocese apologizes after priest accuses residential school survivors of lying
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg archdiocese will no longer allow a Catholic priest to preach publicly or teach after he suggested during a sermon that residential school survivors lied to get settlement money. ...
Jul 29, 2021

Conservatives push feds to ensure Canadians who got mixed vaccines can travel abroad
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are urging the Liberal government to do more to ensure that Canadians who received two different doses of COVID-19 vaccines are able to travel internationally. Tory ...
Jul 29, 2021