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These are the provinces where the opioid crisis is growing the fastest
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – In the past decade alone, the rate of people hospitalized due to opioid poisoning has increased more than 50 per cent, according to new data released Thursday by the Canadian...
View ArticlePrivacy commissioner launches investigation into Equifax
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – Canada’s privacy watchdog says it has opened an investigation into the massive Equifax Inc. data breach after receiving several complaints and dozens of calls from concerned...
View ArticleCanada’s high court to hear appeal in charges against Surrey Six investigators
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – Canada’s highest court has agreed to hear an appeal from the special prosecutor assigned to handle cases tied to the so-called Surrey Six murders that took place in a...
View ArticleNational Soccer Development Centre officially opens at UBC
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The Vancouver Whitecaps, student athletes and young soccer lovers have a new home at UBC now that the university has cut the ribbon on its National Soccer Development Centre....
View ArticleFraser Institute report compares Canada’s health care system to similar ones
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The Fraser Institute is out with a new report comparing Canada’s health care system to other countries that also have universal care. Comparing Performance of Universal Health...
View ArticleChief Canadian NAFTA negotiator not expecting progress on auto content rules
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – Despite tough talk from the US about the job-killing impact of NAFTA on its automotive sector, Canada’s chief negotiator isn’t expecting to see a detailed proposal from the...
View ArticleWalk for Reconciliation aims to build better relationships
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Thousands are expected to gather in Downtown Vancouver today for the Walk for Reconciliation. “All of us as Canadians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, have a role to play in this...
View ArticleNetflix to invest in Canadian programs as part of feds’ new cultural plan
OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – An agreement that Netflix will invest at least $500 million in original productions in Canada is set to be part of a long-awaited reboot of Canada’s cultural policy. Heritage...
View ArticleProposals being made at NAFTA table won’t send Canada away: Trudeau
MEXICO CITY (NEWS 1130) – The leaders of Canada and Mexico joined forces Thursday to combat the idea that an aggressive U.S. demand during the NAFTA negotiations could tank the deal. The latest...
View ArticleFeds to reveal revised tax reform measures targeting high-income Canadians
Justin Trudeau will belatedly honour his campaign promise to cut the small business tax rate to nine per cent as his government scrambles to undo the damage from weeks of controversy over proposed tax...
View ArticleMapped: Canadian locales in the Hip’s iconic songs
This article was published on Macleans.ca on June 30, 2016. For almost 30 years, the Tragically Hip has mined Canadian imagery, icons and place names for his poetry in ways that few of his peers in...
View ArticleLabour groups plan to rally around the country amidst NAFTA talks
SURREY (NEWS 1130) – There will be a rally in Surrey in conjunction with others around the country to make sure the latest negotiations of NAFTA include significant improvements for workers. It will...
View ArticlePeople are mourning the end of Sears but is there really anything to mourn?
TORONTO, ON. (NEWS 1130) – When I lived in Cornwall, Ont., I used to pass through the Sears store at the local mall as a shortcut to the grocery store. Like many of its brethren across the country, the...
View ArticleTed Rogers among new Canada Walk of Fame inductees
TORONTO, ON. (NEWS 1130) – Canada’s Walk of Fame has announced six new 2017 inductees which, it says, represents its five pillars of recognition: Sports and Athletics, Philanthropy and Humanities, Arts...
View ArticleBoeing ad campaign targeting Canadians prompts social media backlash
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – You may have heard or seen the ads, but a new campaign by an American aircraft giant seems to be backfiring in Canada. The so-called charm offensive by Boeing has prompted...
View ArticleHalf of Canadian women face ‘unwanted sexual pressure,’ poll finds
In the wake of sexual harassment allegations in Hollywood and the scandal surrounding powerful producer Harvey Weinstein, a new poll suggests that more than half of Canadian women experience “unwanted...
View ArticleHorgan vows to fight US softwood levies that could hurt BC forestry jobs
VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) – The US government plans to slap duties of more than 20 per cent on Canadian softwood lumber and that has BC’s premier renewing a promise to protect forestry jobs here. John...
View ArticleCanada’s decision to decline TPP agreement shouldn’t have been surprise: Trudeau
DANANG, VIETNAM (NEWS 1130) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone when Canada declined to sign an agreement-in-principle Friday on an updated Trans-Pacific...
View ArticleThousands gather nation-wide for Remembrance Day ceremonies
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – People packed the streets of Ottawa for the largest of all the Remembrance Day ceremonies in the country. Wreaths are being laid at the base of the memorial #RemembranceDay...
View ArticleTrudeau in Vancouver to announce Canada is expanding role in U.N. peacekeeping
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Canada is set to return to its role as a prominent U.N. peacekeeper. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to get into the details during a speech here in Vancouver later...
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