Category Archives: Canada
Roiled in oil: Alberta votes in 2019 as energy issues, Trudeau dominate debate
EDMONTON - The year 2019 will decide whether Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP gets to finish the job of getting more oil to market or become the first party in provincial history to be one and done. ...
Dec 28, 2018
Vancouver gets first licensed pot shop as B.C. lags behind other provinces
VANCOUVER - A licensed marijuana store is set to open in Vancouver as the number of legal pot shops in British Columbia still lags behind other provinces. Evergreen Cannabis owner Mike Babins said the...
Dec 28, 2018
How long can it go? Resilient economy enters 2019 with signs of weakness
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy entered 2018 on an unexpectedly impressive run. The country begins 2019 on a healthy note but signs of weakness have raised a key question: how long until the good times ...
Dec 28, 2018
Police north of Toronto charge 59-year-old man with historical sex offences
PORT COLBORNE, Ont. - York Regional Police in Ontario have charged a 59-year-old man with historical sex offences allegedly involving two children. Police say Richard Rose of Port Colborne, Ont., was ...
Dec 27, 2018
As nasty 2019 campaign looms, Polievre rejoices in agitating Liberal front bench
OTTAWA - Longtime Conservative MP and finance critic Pierre Poilievre heads toward the 2019 federal election as one of his party’s chief agitators, relishing the task of getting under the skins ...
Dec 27, 2018
Missing British Columbia professor Ramazan Gencay found dead in Colombia
VANCOUVER - Family and colleagues of a professor at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., who went missing in Colombia say he has been found dead. Colombian police recovered the body of Ramazan (R...
Dec 27, 2018
Mountie in Regina charged with forcible confinement, uttering threats
REGINA - RCMP say a Mountie based in Regina has been charged with forcible confinement and uttering threats. Police launched an investigation on Dec. 18 after receiving a report about an encounter tha...
Dec 27, 2018
Police chief calls 2018, with 96 homicides so far, a 'unique' year for Toronto
TORONTO - A uniquely violent year in Toronto marked by a major surge in gun-related crimes saw police seize an unusually high number of handguns from city streets, the force’s chief said Thursda...
Dec 27, 2018
Management shakeup at Manitoba-based pot producer after Health Canada recalls
WINNIPEG - An investigation has determined that bullying by senior managers at a Winnipeg-based cannabis producer and demands on supply after legalization contributed to unauthorized weed being shippe...
Dec 27, 2018
Enbridge gets $14.7M federal refund over Northern Gateway pipeline project
OTTAWA - Enbridge is getting a $14.7-million refund on fees it paid Canada’s federal energy regulator for a pipeline it won’t build. The Northern Gateway pipeline was supposed to connect A...
Dec 27, 2018