Category Archives: Canada

National Energy Board orders halt to all work activity on Trans Mountain pipeline
CALGARY - The National Energy Board has ordered construction on the Trans Mountain pipeline to stop, a day after the Federal Court of Appeal quashed the approval of the project and nullified the NEB c...
Aug 31, 2018

'Never advised:' Manitoba premier penalized for unpaid back taxes in Costa Rica
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has been penalized for taxes owing on his vacation home in Costa Rica. Pallister said he failed to update the evaluation of his property as required by Cost...
Aug 31, 2018

Federal panel calls for tax rule overhaul, new spending to finance social groups
OTTAWA - A government-struck panel is telling the Liberals that federal coffers should dole out hundreds of millions in new spending to unleash unconventional ways of financing key social services. Th...
Aug 31, 2018
Trans Mountain expansion could be delayed for years by court decision: experts
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal’s decision to quash Ottawa’s approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is likely to delay the project for years, legal and political observe...
Aug 31, 2018

New Brunswick election campaign: Parties fighting over chocolate milk
FREDERICTON - A unique election issue has emerged in New Brunswick: chocolate milk. The province’s Liberal government introduced a much-derided ban on chocolate milk and other sugary drinks and ...
Aug 31, 2018

City of Kingston seeks public input on Sir John A. Macdonald's legacy
The Ontario city where Sir John A. Macdonald lived and worked for years is launching public consultations on the legacy of Canada’s first prime minister in light of heightened scrutiny over his ...
Aug 31, 2018
Ontario man accused of helping foreigners slip into U.S. through railway tunnel
A man accused of smuggling foreigners from Canada into the U.S. through an underground railway tunnel has been arrested and faces multiple charges, American officials said. Juan Antonio Garcia-Jimenez...
Aug 31, 2018

Alberta projects $1B deficit drop, says pipeline ruling won't derail budget
EDMONTON - Alberta’s finance minister says the court decision putting the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in legal limbo won’t affect the long-term plan to rid the province of red ink by...
Aug 31, 2018

Families gather for 20th Swissair anniversary: 'The only grave I have to visit'
HALIFAX - For Adrienne Carter, it still seems like yesterday that her phone rang in the middle of the night, waking her to an unimaginable horror playing out far from her New Jersey home. The 2 a.m. c...
Aug 31, 2018

Nova Scotia's battle against opioid scourge is showing progress, officials say
TRURO, N.S. - Nova Scotia’s fight against Canada’s growing opioid crisis is showing notable progress, the province’s chief medical officer says. Dr. Robert Strang told a news confere...
Aug 31, 2018