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Two people die after Montreal shooting linked to three other deaths

Breaking news, Canada, Latest headlines July 5, 2015 at 6:32 pm 0 comments

MONTREAL — Two people shot in a law office north of Montreal on Thursday have died of their injuries, Quebec provincial police confirmed Saturday afternoon. Police identified the victims as 51-year-old Benoit Cote and 30-year old Marie-Josee Sills, who were shot around 6 p.m. Thursday in the cabinet of aRead More

Ongoing labour dispute at Pearson cancels 185 flights Friday: GTAA

Ongoing labour dispute at Pearson cancels 185 flights Friday: GTAA

Breaking news, Canada, Latest headlines July 4, 2015 at 6:44 pm 0 comments

Toronto: Toronto Pearson International Airport is seeing a spike in cancelled and delayed flights today due to a labour dispute between its airlines and their fueling company. Only 17 of the 47 employees who refuel planes at the airport and were scheduled to work this morning showed up, resulting inRead More

Some flights may be cancelled due to Friday’s work stoppage, Air Canada says

Some flights may be cancelled due to Friday’s work stoppage, Air Canada says

Breaking news, Canada, Latest headlines July 4, 2015 at 6:35 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Air Canada is advising passengers that their plans could be disrupted Saturday as the airline recovers from a job action by workers at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Air Canada says customers booked on affected flights on Saturday and wishing to make alternate travel arrangements can do so withoutRead More

Roast beef brand recalled due to possible contamination

Roast beef brand recalled due to possible contamination

Breaking news, Canada, Latest headlines July 4, 2015 at 6:35 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says a popular roast beef brand sold across the country is being recalled over possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. FG Deli Group Ltd. is recalling Grimm’s Fine Foods brand Home Style Roast Beef and is advising Canadians not to eat the product over healthRead More

CSIS revealed its interest in people to foreign agencies, memos show

CSIS revealed its interest in people to foreign agencies, memos show

Breaking news, Canada, Latest headlines July 3, 2015 at 9:00 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — Newly released memos show Canada’s spy agency revealed its interest in people to foreign partners in two cases after receiving assurances the individuals would not be tortured — a practice human rights advocates say shirks the law and puts vulnerable detainees at risk. In one case, the CanadianRead More

Allowing voter cards to be used as ID could lead to fraud: government

Allowing voter cards to be used as ID could lead to fraud: government

Breaking news, Canada, Latest headlines July 3, 2015 at 8:58 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Fraud and reduced public confidence in the electoral system could result if voter information cards are used as valid ID at the polls, lawyers for the federal government argued in court Friday. The government is fighting an injunction request to suspend a key identification provision in its FairRead More

Labour dispute resulting in flight delays and cancellations at Pearson

Labour dispute resulting in flight delays and cancellations at Pearson

Breaking news, Canada, Latest headlines July 3, 2015 at 8:57 pm 0 comments

Toronto —Toronto Pearson International Airport is seeing a spike in cancelled and delayed flights today due to a labour dispute between its airlines and their fueling company. Only 17 of the 47 employees who refuel planes at the airport and were scheduled to work this morning showed up, resulting inRead More

Search of jet diverted to Saskatoon Tuesday night completed

Search of jet diverted to Saskatoon Tuesday night completed

SASKATOON – Police in Saskatoon say there was no bomb on the latest Canadian plane that was the target of a threat. An explosives team has completed its search of the jet and determined that there was no explosive device on board. The plane was travelling from Toronto to SaskatoonRead More

Politicians give a nod to looming election on Canada Day

Politicians give a nod to looming election on Canada Day

OTTAWA — Canada’s federal leaders were waving the flag and priming their political messages Wednesday on a Canada Day that landed smack in the build-up to this year’s election campaign. Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered the traditional midday remarks from Parliament Hill’s main stage, but also borrowed a line fromRead More

Groups seek court order to ease voter ID rules for fall federal election

Groups seek court order to ease voter ID rules for fall federal election

Breaking news, Canada, Latest headlines July 1, 2015 at 7:45 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA – A left-leaning advocacy organization and a national student group will be in Ontario Superior Court on Thursday and Friday hoping to relax voter identification rules for the looming federal election. The court factum prepared by the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Federation of Students argues that tensRead More