Category Archives: Canada
Industrial activities should be prohibited in marine protected areas: panel
HALIFAX - Oil and gas exploration and bottom-trawling fishing should be prohibited in the marine protected areas off Canada’s coasts, a federal advisory panel says. In a final report released Tu...
Oct 16, 2018
Ford criticizes PM over pot, says cops need reliable equipment to test for pot
Ontario’s premier is criticizing the federal government over cannabis a day before recreational pot becomes legal, saying police aren’t equipped to reliably screen for drug-impaired drivin...
Oct 16, 2018
B.C. finance minister says speculation tax brings balance to housing crisis
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s proposed speculation and vacancy tax is aimed at cooling an overheated real estate market and convincing owners of vacant homes in some urban areas to either sell o...
Oct 16, 2018
Half of Canadian homeowners say cannabis use will hurt property values: poll
TORONTO - More than half of Canadian homeowners recently surveyed say they would be less likely to consider a property if they knew cannabis had been grown inside, according to a poll released Tuesday...
Oct 16, 2018
Killer-rapist Paul Bernardo set for parole bid after 25 years in prison
Paul Bernardo, whose very name became synonymous with sadistic sexual perversion, is expected to plead for release on Wednesday by arguing he has done what he could to improve himself during his 25 ye...
Oct 16, 2018
Fate of Manitoba politician accused of sexual comments may be decided next week
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba government backbencher who reportedly made inappropriate comments to female staff may be removed from the board of the province’s energy utility and could have his future d...
Oct 16, 2018
Alleged comments of woman who says she was gang raped admitted as evidence
HALIFAX - A suggestive comment attributed to a woman who alleges she was gang raped at a Halifax-area military base was admitted as evidence Tuesday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, as the high-profile t...
Oct 16, 2018
Owner of mistakenly donated cash sought by thrift store in West Kelowna, B.C.
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - A charity in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley is trying to reunite some mistakenly donated money with its original owner, and it’s not the first time this year that ...
Oct 16, 2018
Feds aiming to select preferred design for $60B warships by end of month
OTTAWA - Canada’s most expensive military project is entering a critical new phase as the government is on the verge of picking its top design for the country’s $60-billion fleet of new wa...
Oct 16, 2018
Federal government moves to transform inmate segregation in federal prisons
OTTAWA - Eleven years after a teenager killed herself after spending more than three years in segregation in prison, Ottawa is moving to ban the practice of isolating prisoners who pose risks to secur...
Oct 16, 2018