Archive for May 23rd, 2013
 

 
Ontario

Suncor gas-price fixing reaps $500K fine

Posted April 13, 2012 by Hayat Canada

Suncor Energy Products Inc. has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine for price-fixing at some of the company’s gas stations in Ontario. The federal Competition Bureau said Friday that the Calgary-based energy giant has been fined for fixing the price of retail gasoline at service stations in Belleville, Ont., between May and November 2007. “We [...]

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Ontario

Air Canada flights grounded amid pilot sick calls

Posted April 13, 2012 by Hayat Canada

Air Canada cancelled more than 100 flights from major Canadian centres today after some pilots called in sick to protest being forced back to work by federal legislation. Numerous flight delays were also reported across the country. Air Canada issued a Canada-wide travel alert, warning that “airport disruptions” could affect flights all day and into [...]

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Ontario

Family says mental illness led man to beat wife, kill himself

Posted April 13, 2012 by Hayat Canada

The Stittsville man who severely beat his wife with a baseball bat and then took his own life was mentally ill and had “no control over his thoughts and actions” say members of his family. Theresa Lefebvre is in critical condition in a medically-induced coma in hospital. Police had found her badly beaten after responding [...]

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Quebec

Deported Mexican mother back in Montreal

Posted April 13, 2012 by Hayat Canada

Paola Ortiz had a tearful reunion this morning with her two young children in Montreal, seven months after she was deported to Mexico. Canadian immigration officials have granted Ortiz permanent resident status. Ortiz emerged from the arrivals gate at Montreal’s Trudeau airport just before 10 a.m. ET and rushed to hug her two children, whom [...]

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Quebec

British company eyes Bixi purchase

Posted April 13, 2012 by Hayat Canada

The popular Bixi bike-share service may soon be sold off to a British multi-national company. The Montreal-based Public Bike System Co. says the British company Secro is looking at buying the entire rental service, including its patent. “It would very sad to see but, from an economic point of view, but they’re probably the most [...]

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