Category Archives: Canada
Deliberate spill: study launched to test crude and bitumen impact on lake life
KENORA, Ont. - Researchers were in northwestern Ontario over the weekend spilling diluted oilsands bitumen and crude oil into a lake to study how the ecosystem, from microbes to fish, responds. The pi...
Jun 17, 2018
Two-spirited N.B. First Nation chief says his election points to progress
FREDERICTON - The new leader of a New Brunswick First Nation says he’s proud to be the first openly LGBTQ chief in Atlantic Canada - though he says he’s more well-known in his community fo...
Jun 17, 2018
Ramifications of a trade war: an expert look at the numbers for Canada
OTTAWA - A new analysis of escalating trade disputes involving the United States warns that a deterioration into an all-out, global trade war would knock North America’s economies into recession...
Jun 17, 2018
Toronto urged to take action after string of pedestrian and cyclist deaths
TORONTO - Advocates, politicians and members of the public are demanding Toronto make its streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians after a string of recent deaths highlighted just how dangerous the ...
Jun 17, 2018
Daycare workers' union lifts strike affecting centres in Montreal and Laval
MONTREAL - Children in the Montreal and Laval areas can head back to daycare tomorrow now that a 10-day strike affecting about 60 daycare centres has ended. The union representing the workers says it ...
Jun 17, 2018
Pay-what-you-can grocery opens in Toronto, but experts say model can be hit-or-miss
TORONTO - There’s a reason you don’t often see a pay-what-you-can grocery store, say marketing experts intrigued by a Toronto venture billed as the first of its kind. But chef Jagger Gordo...
Jun 17, 2018
'A lot to offer:' Plans for at least one Arctic university in the works
The world’s only northern nation without some form of Arctic university may soon have three of them. There are plans in all three of Canada’s territories to give their residents a better s...
Jun 17, 2018
Get ready for the 'internet of cows': Farmers use technology to shake up agriculture
MONTREAL - Get ready for the “internet of cows.” Generations of farmers have relied on knowledge and family expertise to grow food, but the sector is set for a surge of disruption at the h...
Jun 17, 2018
Evacuation at Winnipeg airport over following 'possible security incident'
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Airport was evacuated because of a “possible security incident” on Sunday morning before returning to normal operations nearly an hour later. Officials did not rele...
Jun 17, 2018
Illinois race car driver, 61, dead following crash on Ontario track
BOWMANVILLE, Ont. - A 61-year-old Illinois man is dead after he lost control of his race car and crashed during a race at a track east of Toronto on Saturday afternoon. Durham Regional Police say the ...
Jun 17, 2018