Category Archives: Canada

Rail conductor fired for social media posts awarded money, but not reinstatement
CALGARY - An arbitrator says a former Canadian Pacific train conductor in Alberta who was fired over social media posts is entitled to monetary compensation, but not to getting her job back at th...
Feb 22, 2020

Babies frequently exposed to cleaning products at higher risk of asthma: study
VANCOUVER - New research suggests frequent exposure to common household cleaning products can increase a child's risk of developing asthma. The CHILD Cohort Study found young infants living ...
Feb 22, 2020

'Nothing surprises us anymore:' U.S. border officials find brain in package
PORT HURON, Mich. - Unusual packages turn up at border crossings every now and then, a U.S. border official said Thursday, but it was still strange for officers to find a human brain in a shipmen...
Feb 22, 2020

Ontario Tories hold annual policy convention amid union protests
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Labour activists plan to hold a demonstration outside of the Ontario Progressive Conservative convention today to protest cuts made by Premier Doug Ford's governme...
Feb 22, 2020

SARS lessons help Canada prep for COVID-19, but hospital capacity a worry
OTTAWA - Canadian medical experts say the country's already overstretched emergency rooms would find it difficult to cope if a true outbreak of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, were to take hold in...
Feb 22, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia: B.C.'s indigenous relations minister says the events in Wet'suwet'en territory over th...
Feb 22, 2020

Top court decision releases documents to be used in lawsuit against N.S. premier
HALIFAX - A former Crown lawyer plans to proceed with a libel suit against Nova Scotia's premier, armed with newly released documents that shed light on how he was told to litigate...
Feb 22, 2020

Eyes on police after Trudeau orders blockades torn down, injunctions enforced
All eyes are on Canadian police forces now that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said barricades on rail lines and other major transportation routes must come down. A Wet'suwet'en hereditary chi...
Feb 22, 2020

Canada hosts Lima Group, appeals for world's help on Venezuela crisis
GATINEAU, Que. - Canada and its Western Hemisphere allies ended their latest summit on Thursday by calling on the rest of the democratic world to join them in inspiring downtrodden Venezuela...
Feb 22, 2020

Baloney Meter: Rail blockades and government authority over the police
OTTAWA - "The RCMP Act is clear: the minister of public safety has the ultimate authority over Canada's national police force, and has the power to direct the RCMP to enforce the law. ... So do the ri...
Feb 22, 2020