Category Archives: Canada
Scheer opposes Canada signing UN compact on migrants, Liberals cry foul
OTTAWA - As Canada prepares to sign on to a United Nations agreement on migration, Conservative politicians are pushing back, saying signing it would be tantamount to erasing Canada’s borders. B...
Dec 04, 2018
Regulators, exporters talk harmonizing standards in Canada, U.S.
WASHINGTON - Life-changing technology breakthroughs could be strangled by red tape at the Canada-U.S. border unless the two countries give innovators one shared set of rules to follow, Treasury Board ...
Dec 04, 2018
Liberals defend new powers to demand roadside breath samples
OTTAWA - Federal ministers are playing down the potential for racial profiling and civil-rights violations as they tout a strict new law intended to curb drunk driving. Mandatory alcohol screening tha...
Dec 04, 2018
Ethics watchdog concerned that Scheer's office advised MP to contravene code
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog says he’s concerned that Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s office encouraged a Tory MP to violate the conflict-of-interest code for members of the Ho...
Dec 04, 2018
Ontario forces to name those charged with impaired driving as deterrent
High numbers of impaired drivers on local roads have prompted two southern Ontario police forces to resort to public shaming as a potential deterrent. York Regional Police and the South Simcoe Police ...
Dec 04, 2018
Half of world's right whales spotted in Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2018
OTTAWA - Nearly half of all North Atlantic right whales in the world were spotted in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence this year during surveillance that officials say will inform future protection me...
Dec 04, 2018
Newly discovered cave in B.C. park might be the largest in Canada
VANCOUVER - A newly discovered cave in a remote valley in British Columbia’s Wells Gray Provincial Park might just be the country’s largest. The feature was spotted by a helicopter crew fr...
Dec 04, 2018
Canada's ambassador to U.S. tries to head off concerns about oil output cut
WASHINGTON - Canada’s ambassador to the United States says he has done some pre-emptive diplomacy with the Trump administration on Alberta’s plans to force output cuts on its oil industry....
Dec 04, 2018
Ukraine calls for further Canadian sanctions on Russia after boats seized
OTTAWA - Ukraine is asking Canada to apply more sanctions on Russia as fresh tensions between the eastern European neighbours threaten to erupt into open conflict. The country’s ambassador made ...
Dec 04, 2018
Cows can be pessimistic and it affects their ability to cope with stress: study
VANCOUVER - Dairy cows can be optimistic or pessimistic from a young age and their inherent outlook can predict their ability to cope with stress, new research from the University of British Columbia ...
Dec 04, 2018