Category Archives: Canada
Cabinet expected to extend deadline to reconsider Trans Mountain pipeline
OTTAWA - Canada’s energy regulator will tell the federal government this week whether it still thinks the Trans Mountain pipeline should be expanded, but cabinet’s final say on the project...
Feb 17, 2019
Man charged in daughter's death in hospital with self-inflicted gunshot wound: police
Police say a man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his daughter is in hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Roopesh Rajkumar, 41, was charged in 11-year-old Riya Rajkumar’...
Feb 17, 2019
Alberta missionaries among the Canadians heading home from riot-stricken Haiti
MONTREAL - A Canadian couple who had to leave Haiti due to violent street protests say they’re happy to be heading home but that their hearts are with the people they left behind. Wade and Maril...
Feb 17, 2019
Still-active human rights case speaks to lasting homophobia in Canada: activists
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Just over 14 years ago, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador issued the province’s marriage commissioners an ultimatum: agree to perform same-sex marriages or res...
Feb 17, 2019
Nuclear-waste bunker decision to likely to fall to next federal government
TORONTO - The much-delayed and politically fraught decision on a proposed multibillion-dollar nuclear-waste storage bunker near Lake Huron now appears certain to fall to Canada’s next government...
Feb 17, 2019
James says B.C. budget puts priorities on NDP's poverty, environment plans
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s finance minister says the budget she tables Tuesday undertakes development of social, environmental and economic initiatives as other provinces across Canada implem...
Feb 17, 2019
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. There were also 2...
Feb 17, 2019
PR firm suspends contract with former B.C. premier amid groping accusation
VANCOUVER - A global communications marketing firm says it is suspending its contract with former British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell in light of an allegation in a British newspaper that he grop...
Feb 16, 2019
International rules must be enforced, Freeland says after Munich conference
Canada will continue to meet with like-minded nations as it aims to bridge divides between countries at a time of simmering international tensions, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said from...
Feb 16, 2019
CN says oil leak contained following derailment in western Manitoba
ST-LAZARE, Man. - A leak from a derailed train carrying oil in western Manitoba has been contained, the railway said Saturday, but some pipeline supporters say the incident highlights the risks involv...
Feb 16, 2019