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In the news today, Jan. 4
Five stories in the news for Friday, Jan. 4 ___ LAWMAKERS TO RAISE IMPRISONED CANADIANS IN CHINA While it was not the initial reason for the trip, a group of six MPs and Sen...
Jan 04, 2019
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Gender pay gap widest at top of the corporate ladder, new report says
OTTAWA - A new report on the country's highest-paid CEOs is adding evidence to the argument that women face a "double-pane glass ceiling" at the top of Canada's corporate ladder - first in g...
Jan 03, 2019
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Radio-Canada accused of racism for parody mocking PM's India trip
MONTREAL - A character playing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes a drag from a joint and is suddenly transported into a fantasy world where he is dressed in traditional Indian clothin...
Jan 03, 2019
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Tech CEOs say Liberal innovation agenda does little to help firms scale up: poll
OTTAWA - The federal government's big-ticket efforts to support high-growth tech firms are offering little for emerging companies that have already outgrown the fledgling start-up phase...
Jan 03, 2019
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Nova Scotia's Donkin coal mine suspends work after roof collapses
DONKIN, N.S. - Operations have been suspended at Cape Breton's Donkin coal mine after a roof collapse, the latest in a string of incidents since last July, according to the provincial Labour Departmen...
Jan 03, 2019
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Two more Puget Sound orcas predicted by experts to die by summer
SEATTLE - Two more Puget Sound orcas are ailing and probably will be dead by summer, according an expert on the critically endangered population of killer whales that live in the waters of the Pacific...
Jan 03, 2019
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Nancy Pelosi, new NAFTA naysayer, makes history as latest House Speaker
WASHINGTON - A vocal critic of Canada's trade agreement with the United States and Mexico has been re-elected as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the first woman in history to hold the ga...
Jan 03, 2019
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Fake sex assault complaint: Winnipeg man charged after 79 false calls to 911
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man who police believe was high on meth faces public mischief charges after almost seven dozen false 911 calls that included a report of a family being sexually assaulted. P...
Jan 03, 2019
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'A lot of people:' Calgary zoo reports record attendance thanks to panda family
CALGARY - The arrival of a family of giant pandas to the Calgary Zoo last spring created a stampede of visitors once the guests on loan from China were introduced to an eager public. The zoo surp...
Jan 03, 2019
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West Vancouver clothing donation bins sealed after death of trapped man
VANCOUVER - The District of West Vancouver is shutting clothing donation bins and looking at options to either make them more secure or remove them following the death of a man on ...
Jan 03, 2019
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