New internal trade deal tills soil for cross-Canada marijuana regulation
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – Governments across Canada will unveil an internal-trade agreement Friday designed to not only knock down domestic business barriers, but also lay the groundwork for talks to...
View ArticleHyundai, Kia recall 1.4M vehicles, engines can fail
DETROIT, MI. (NEWS 1130) – Hyundai and Kia are recalling 1.4 million cars and SUVs in Canada, the US and South Korea because the engines can fail and stall, increasing the risk of a crash. The recall...
View ArticleTrudeau suggests regime change to end violence in Syria
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is now suggesting a regime change in Syria following the chemical attack last week that killed dozens of people including many children. The...
View ArticleOttawa to introduce passenger bill of rights, as United video goes viral
CHICAGO, IL. (NEWS 1130) – Negative reaction continues to pour in after a video went viral showing a passenger being forcibly dragged off an overbooked United Airlines flight. Criticism and fake United...
View ArticleNew bill likely won’t prevent passengers from being bumped on overbooked flights
TORONTO (NEWS 1130) – Aviation experts have their doubts over whether the practice of bumping passengers from overbooked flights will actually be banned in Canada when new federal legislation is...
View Article‘Appalling’ United incident won’t be tolerated in Canada: Garneau
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau has issued a warning to Canadian airlines that forcibly removing passengers from overbooked airplanes will not be tolerated in this...
View ArticlePrince Charles and Camilla are coming to Canada, but won’t visit BC
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – Less than one year after Prince William, his wife and their two children came to Canada, the country is in store for another Royal Visit. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess...
View ArticleNo tears over spilled milk as Canada fires back at Trump
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – Canada’s envoy to Washington returned fire just hours after US President Donald Trump and American milk producers declared war on the Canadian dairy industry. Saying it’s...
View ArticleWalmart says laying off employees in store restructuring
TORONTO (NEWS 1130) – Walmart Canada is laying off an unspecified number of employees as it undergoes a restructuring. Spokesman Alex Roberton would not disclose how many employees would lose their...
View ArticleTrump targets Canadian trade again, focused on energy, lumber, dairy
WASHINGTON, DC. (NEWS 1130) – US President Donald Trump has delivered another broadside against Canada and this one is the most sweeping yet. Trump is complaining about trade with Canada in three...
View ArticleDrowning in debt is the new normal in Canada
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – On any given day now you can expect to hear at least one economist, public official or financial commentator express grave concern about the mountain of debt Canadians now...
View ArticleConcerns about job losses as US imposes tariffs on softwood lumber
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – The Canadian dollar dropped a bit this morning after it was revealed the US is going to impose a tariff of anywhere between three to 24 per cent on Canadian softwood lumber...
View ArticleCanada optimistic it can reach a deal with the US on softwood lumber
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – Canada’s foreign affairs minister is confident Canada and the US can land a settlement on the softwood lumber trade war, after the Trump administration placed big, new tariffs...
View ArticleWhite House considers pulling the US out of NAFTA
WASHINGTON, DC. (NEWS 1130) – The White House is telling US media that it’s weighing a plan to pull out of NAFTA, upping the pressure on Congress to get cracking on negotiations under the threat of...
View ArticleNew York City makes bid for Canadian tourists amid fears of Trump-driven slump
TORONTO (NEWS 1130) – New York’s tourism industry is worried US President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies are turning off Canadian visitors, and they’re heading north this week to woo Canucks...
View ArticleTwo homegrown companies crack Canada’s Top 10 brand reputations
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – What do Mountain Equipment Co-op and Shoppers Drug Mart have in common with Google and Rolex? They’re among the Top 10 companies in the country when it comes to corporate...
View ArticleOttawa considers trade actions against US over softwood lumber tariffs
WASHINGTON, DC. (NEWS 1130) – The Canadian government is threatening multiple trade actions against the United States in retaliation for duties on softwood lumber. MORE: Here’s @JustinTrudeau‘s letter...
View ArticleMarijuana to take less than 1 per cent out of multibillion-dollar booze...
MONTREAL – The recreational marijuana industry is expected to take a sip of less than one per cent initially out of annual Canadian alcohol sales once it becomes legal, a new analysis says. The...
View ArticleEasy fix to protect your PC against the spreading global cyber attack
TOKYO, JAPAN (NEWS 1130) – It spread in Asia overnight, and there are worries variants of the ransomware behind a crippling global cyber attack could pop up on even more PCs this week as security...
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