Category Archives: Canadian Press

Get ready for anything, trade lawyer tells business community on NAFTA
OTTAWA - Growing uncertainty over the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement means companies need to brace themselves, including for the possibility that President Donald Trump walks away f...
Oct 29, 2017

Jason Kenney to seek seat in Calgary byelection after winning United Conservative leadership
CALGARY - Alberta’s newly annointed conservative leader is wasting little time in pursuing his desire to go head-to-head with NDP Premier Rachel Notley. Less than 24 hours after winning 61 per c...
Oct 29, 2017

Canada's testing helped U.S. Volkswagen probe, but still no legal action here
OTTAWA - Two years after Canadian government testing helped the United States go after Volkswagen for faking the results of diesel-engine emissions tests, Canada says it is still unable to determine i...
Oct 29, 2017

Liberals warned to be careful before approving China bid for Calgary's Aecon
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are facing warnings to proceed cautiously and in as transparent a manner as possible as they weigh a Chinese state-owned company’s bid to take over Aecon constructi...
Oct 29, 2017

New Ontario election advertising limits kick in Nov. 9, six months before campaign
TORONTO - The start of Ontario’s election campaign is a little over six months away, but the battle for voters’ hearts and minds is already being waged as a new advertising landscape looms...
Oct 29, 2017

Nunavut to elect new government Monday as former premier steps down
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A total of 72 candidates in Nunavut’s general election will be nervously watching the returns in Monday’s vote, but the territory’s sitting premier won’t be ...
Oct 29, 2017

'Our existence is our resistance:' Young women of colour leading social activism
HALIFAX - They are young. They are women. And they are racialized. Young women of colour are at the vanguard of Halifax’s social justice movement, part of a new generation of social activists. K...
Oct 29, 2017

Montreal construction boom spawned by strong economy and political stability
MONTREAL - Cranes crowd the Montreal skyline these days as a strong economy and political stability are fuelling a construction frenzy throughout the downtown core and beyond. Although tame by Toronto...
Oct 29, 2017

Manitoba judges visit Indigenous leaders to try to boost access to justice
WINNIPEG - Five Manitoba judges, including the chief justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench, are to meet with First Nations leaders this week to try to find ways to improve the justice system for...
Oct 29, 2017

Bernie Sanders says Canadian health care system sets a 'strong example' for U.S.
TORONTO - High profile U.S Senator Bernie Sanders had high praise for Canada’s health care system on Sunday, saying it’s something American policy makers should pay attention to. Sanders t...
Oct 29, 2017