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Kevin Vickers says he's considering a run for New Brunswick Liberal leadership
TROUT BROOK, N.B. - Kevin Vickers, who became Canada's ambassador to Ireland after being hailed as a hero for helping to end the 2014 attack on Parliament Hill, is considering a move into politic...
Jan 02, 2019
Proposed class action against Uber can proceed, appeal court rules
TORONTO - A proposed class-action lawsuit against the ride-hailing company Uber filed by one of its drivers will go ahead after Ontario's top court reversed a lower court decision that would have sent...
Jan 02, 2019
Syncrude to pay $2.75 million to settle charges in Alberta blue heron deaths
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Syncrude has agreed to plead guilty and pay $2.75 million in fines over the deaths of 31 great blue herons at an Alberta oilsands mine. The birds were found dead or dying in 201...
Jan 02, 2019
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 02, 2019
Liberals look to infrastructure bank to finance rural, remote broadband internet
OTTAWA - The federal infrastructure minister says he is looking to connect private backers with some of the country's rural and northern communities to pay for badly needed broadband in...
Jan 02, 2019
Figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond to receive Order of Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Figure skating champion Kaetlyn Osmond will be receiving the highest honour in her home province - the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador. Osmond, 23, left Marystown, N.L....
Jan 02, 2019
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 01, 2019
Consider making some criminal pardons automatic, MPs recommend
OTTAWA - A panel of MPs wants the federal government to look at making criminal pardons automatic for some offenders who have served their sentences. The House of Commons public safety committee ...
Jan 01, 2019
Mike Taylor, keyboardist for Burlington, Ont.-based Walk off the Earth, dies
BURLINGTON, Ont. - The Burlington, Ont.-based band Walk off the Earth has announced the death of keyboardist and vocalist Mike Taylor. In a post on various social media sites Sunday evening, the ...
Jan 01, 2019
Conservative leader says Trudeau will hike carbon tax if he wins vote in 2019
REGINA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer welcomed 2019 with a warning that if Canadians re-elect Justin Trudeau this year, the federal carbon tax that's going to take effect will only climb. "C...
Jan 01, 2019
