Category Archives: Canada
The carbon tax breakdown: Understanding the issues around the policy tool
TORONTO - Canadians could come out ahead financially with a federally-imposed carbon tax, or so concludes the latest study on the policy as understanding of emission reduction options continue to evol...
Sep 26, 2018
In the news today, Sept. 26
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Sept. 26 ___ REPORT WARNS OF AI USE IN VISA APPLICATIONS A new report is warning about the federal government’s interest in using artificial intelligence ...
Sep 26, 2018
Case of Bruce McArthur, facing 8 murder counts, back in Toronto court next month
TORONTO - The case of a man accused of killing eight men with ties to Toronto’s gay village has been put over to next month. Bruce McArthur, a 66-year-old self-employed landscaper, faces eight c...
Sep 26, 2018
Environmentalists ask U.S. regulators to reconsider Enbridge pipeline project
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Environmental and Indigenous groups asked Minnesota regulators on Tuesday to reconsider their approval of Enbridge Energy’s plans to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline...
Sep 25, 2018
U.S. safety officials fault Air Canada pilots for last year's near disaster
United States federal safety officials say pilot error was the reason an Air Canada jetliner came within three to six metres of crashing into a plane on the ground last year in San Francisco. The Air ...
Sep 25, 2018
Another endangered killer whale off West Coast has lost weight: NOAA
SEATTE, Wash. - A U.S. government agency says a killer whale that is part of the endangered southern resident population appears to have lost weight. The whale known as K25 is a 27-year-old adult male...
Sep 25, 2018
Ottawa to test for risks of virus transfer from farmed to wild salmon
OTTAWA - A science review to assess the risks associated with the transfer of a virus from farmed Atlantic salmon to wild salmon has been launched by the federal government. Fisheries Minister Jonatha...
Sep 25, 2018
Feds working to iron out kinks in public alert system
OTTAWA - Officials behind the country’s system to alert mobile devices about impending natural disasters say there are still several kinks in the system to iron out, even as the alerts are being...
Sep 25, 2018
Ontario minister 'disappointed' at report of McClintic in healing lodge
TORONTO - Ontario’s correctional services minister said he was “shocked and disappointed” that a woman convicted in the 2009 murder of an eight-year-old girl has reportedly been tran...
Sep 25, 2018
Orcas challenging but not preventing pipeline expansion approval, says minister
OTTAWA - The federal fisheries minister said Tuesday it will be more difficult for cabinet to give another green light to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion if - or more likely when - the National ...
Sep 25, 2018