Category Archives: Canada
Legault pitches English Canada for closure of Roxham Road and transfer of migrants
MONTREAL - Quebec's premier is making a pitch to English Canada for the closure of an irregular border crossing used by asylum seekers and for would-be refugees to be transferred outside his province....
Feb 21, 2023
Ukraine seeks Canadian help to repair damaged railways : In The News for Feb. 21
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 21 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Feb 21, 2023
Alberta, Saskatchewan methane emissions almost 4 times more than reported: research
New research using advanced technology suggests heavy oil facilities in Alberta and Saskatchewan are releasing almost four times the amount of a powerful greenhouse gas than they report to government....
Feb 21, 2023
Trudeau government mum on Japan's invitation to rejoin global timber treaty
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government has yet to respond to a months-old invitation from Tokyo to have Canada rejoin a global environmental organization that regulates the timber trade. A July 2022 ...
Feb 21, 2023
B.C. First Nation to release results of search for unmarked graves at school site
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation is releasing the results of a preliminary search for unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school. The Tseshaht First Nation is pr...
Feb 21, 2023
Ukraine appeals to Canada's rail manufacturers to repair war-damaged lifeline
LVIV, Ukraine - Ukraine wants Canada to lend its expertise - and donate crucial railway parts - to keep its embattled passenger and cargo rail system running as landmines and missile strikes threaten ...
Feb 21, 2023
Alberta, Saskatchewan methane emissions almost 4 times more than reported: research
New research using advanced technology suggests heavy oil facilities in Alberta and Saskatchewan are releasing almost four times the amount of a powerful greenhouse gas than they report to government....
Feb 20, 2023
Inquiry into Emergencies Act rules measures applied under law were mostly justified
OTTAWA, Kan. - When the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act in February 2022, it created several extraordinary powers hoping to clear protests entrenched in Ottawa's downtown core and at bo...
Feb 20, 2023
How Jimmy Carter once helped clean up a partial nuclear meltdown – in Ontario
He is known now as Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. But in December 1952, James Earl Carter Jr. was a young U.S. naval officer about to be sent to a nuclear facility north of Ott...
Feb 20, 2023
Feds' contract with international group to advise on graves called a 'problematic'
OTTAWA - The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says there are many problems with a $2-million contract Ottawa signed with an international group to give advice on unmarked graves. The centr...
Feb 20, 2023