Category Archives: Canada
City of Burnaby going to court to help remove pipeline protest camp
BURNABY, B.C. - The City of Burnaby is going to B.C. Supreme Court asking for help in enforcing an eviction order on a pipeline protest camp that has grown to include two-storey structures, a shower a...
Jul 26, 2018
Latest calf born to endangered killer whales dies off British Columbia
VANCOUVER - A female killer whale was spotted in the waters off Vancouver Island for two days this week pushing the body of her newborn calf. Ken Balcomb, senior scientist at The Centre for Whale Rese...
Jul 26, 2018
Lighthizer calls Canada national security threat in defence of steel tariffs
OTTAWA - The Trump administration’s point man on trade called Canada a national security threat to the United States in the face of questions over steep tariffs on Canadian steel, and the Americ...
Jul 26, 2018
Canada's housing sector faces high degree of instability for eighth quarter: CMHC
TORONTO - The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says the country’s housing sector is facing a high degree of vulnerability to market instability for the eighth straight quarter. The Crown ...
Jul 26, 2018
Nova Scotia defends controversial plan to sell cannabis in liquor stores
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is defending its unique cannabis retail scheme that will sell weed in existing liquor stores amid criticisms the arrangement poses a public health risk. A Halifax psychology prof...
Jul 26, 2018
Canada must be held accountable in Indigenous decisions: minister to chiefs
VANCOUVER - The federal government must “get out of the way” of First Nations in their efforts to bring about self-determination by ditching failed colonial policies and working with Abori...
Jul 26, 2018
The government's solution to benefits service issues? Artificial intelligence
OTTAWA - Federal officials overseeing billions in benefit payments to millions of Canadians are hoping artificial intelligence can resolve ongoing snags in the system. The government is looking to ...
Jul 26, 2018
Ontario formally requests $200 million from feds to deal with asylum seekers
OTTAWA - The Ontario government has formally requested $200 million from the federal government to cover costs associated with asylum seekers from the United States. Lisa MacLeod, Ontario’s mini...
Jul 26, 2018
Coming out of its shell: Owner IDs tortoise found roaming Edmonton streets
EDMONTON - There was no sign of a hare when an 11-kilogram tortoise was found roaming free in Edmonton before he was eventually identified by its owner. The Animal Care and Control Centre says the tor...
Jul 26, 2018
Trial likely by year's end for U.S. man in Alberta model's alleged kidnapping
GREENVILLE, United States - A South Carolina man charged with kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct after an Alberta woman was lured to the United States with the promise of a modelling job is expect...
Jul 26, 2018