Category Archives: Canada

Lawsuit says illegal to force gas stations to paste carbon-price stickers
TORONTO - An Ontario law forcing gas stations to display stickers showing the cost of federal carbon pricing is illegal and should be thrown out, a new lawsuit asserts. The unproven lawsuit from ...
Sep 06, 2019

Scheer promises to create 'Canada Cyber Safe' certification for digital products
MONTREAL - Conservative party Leader Andrew Scheer says if elected his government would create a certification system to let consumers know if certain digital products meet federal secu...
Sep 06, 2019

Uncertainty over start date, debates ratchet up pre-election angst
OTTAWA - A campaign that could start at any time and a debate schedule that is itself the subject of debate are intensifying pre-election jitters in Ottawa going into the weekend. Observers are k...
Sep 06, 2019

Federal Court to hear arguments in top military judge's stalled court martial
OTTAWA - The Federal Court has agreed to hear arguments next month as prosecutors try to break a stalemate in the stalled court martial of Canada's top military judge. Col. Mario Dutil is facing four ...
Sep 06, 2019

Health Canada eyes private-sector cash to fund opioids solution
OTTAWA - Health Canada is hoping to use private-sector dollars to fight opioid addiction because "conventional efforts are not enough" to address the national health crisis, newly ...
Sep 06, 2019 (File Photo/The Canadian Press)

Liberals tap economic adviser Dominic Barton as new ambassador to China
OTTAWA - Dominic Barton brings to his new job as Canada's ambassador to China the acumen of a savvy, globe-trotting business consultant with an enriched understanding of how to properly grease wheels ...
Sep 06, 2019

Conservatives still working on candidate harassment policy promised this year
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are still working on an anti-harassment policy that would apply to candidates in the coming election campaign. The party promised a code of conduct for its candidate...
Sep 06, 2019

Trade tribunal investigating allegation of bias in search for third shipyard
OTTAWA - A trade tribunal has agreed to investigate the federal government's plan to add a third shipyard to its multibillion-dollar shipbuilding strategy following allegations the process is rigged i...
Sep 06, 2019

Trial begins for Montreal man charged with fatal stabbing of unborn child
MONTREAL - A Montreal man charged with fatally stabbing his unborn baby had been fighting with his pregnant wife the evening prior to the attack, a jury trial heard Wednesday. Sofiane Ghazi,...
Sep 06, 2019

Canada pushes China at WTO on canola as Beijing bristles over Trudeau criticism
OTTAWA - Canada has requested a formal meeting with China at the World Trade Organization to resolve a Chinese ban on Canadian canola shipments. International Trade Minister Jim Carr announced Friday ...
Sep 06, 2019