Category Archives: Canada

In the news today, May 6
Three stories in the news for Monday, May 6 --- FEDERAL BYELECTION DAY NANAIMO, B.C. Voters are heading to the polls today to elect a member of Parliament in the B.C. riding of Nanaimo-Ladys...
May 06, 2019

Retailers struggle to keep popular cannabis extract CBD on shelves in Canada
VANCOUVER - Retailers across Canada are struggling with a shortage of all cannabis, but there's one product they're especially desperate to keep on shelves: cannabidiol or CBD, a non-intoxicating extr...
May 06, 2019

Feds propose making some employers offer menstrual products for free at work
OTTAWA - Workers in federally regulated workplaces should have access to free menstrual products, the Canadian government says in a proposal published Friday. The government wants to put menstrua...
May 05, 2019

CBC must diversify revenue to protect it from political whims, president says
MONTREAL - The CBC must continually look for new commercial revenue streams - particularly internationally - as a way to protect itself from the whims of politicians, the public broadcaster's pre...
May 05, 2019

Canadian firm WSP finding new work in Saudi Arabia despite diplomatic dispute
OTTAWA - At least one Canadian-based company is optimistic about its prospects in Saudi Arabia, a bullishness that comes as businesses fret about their future in the kingdom following a...
May 05, 2019

Public prosecutor takes aim at SNC-Lavalin's court bid for remediation deal
OTTAWA - Canada's director of public prosecutions is firing a new volley at SNC-Lavalin that could hobble the company's ongoing legal fight for a special settlement agreement over ...
May 05, 2019

Trade pact with Europe could be hurt by climate action infighting: McKenna
OTTAWA - Canadian dithering about climate action could put France's support for the Canada-Europe free trade agreement at risk, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says. McKenna ...
May 05, 2019

Ottawa worried about fallout from jailing of farmer in Beirut, documents show
FREDERICTON - Documents filed with the Federal Court show the former Harper government was concerned about the legal and political fallout from how it dealt with a New Brunswick potato farmer jailed f...
May 05, 2019

Alberta students walk out to protest expected gay-straight alliance changes
CALGARY - Throngs of teenagers spilled out onto a sidewalk along a busy Calgary street to protest expected changes to the province's rules for gay-straight alliances, clubs meant to provide a saf...
May 05, 2019

Canadians remember Second World War's long, dark Battle of the Atlantic
OTTAWA - Canadians across the country are marking one of the longest and darkest chapters of the Second World War today: The Battle of the Atlantic. Running the entire length of the war from September...
May 05, 2019