Category Archives: Canada
Federal natural resources researchers forecast long, hot wildfire season
Federal wildfire researchers say most regions in Canada could be facing a long, hot, fiery summer. Wildfire starts and the amount of land burned were below average for the first few weeks of the seaso...
May 16, 2018
Suspended vice-admiral Mark Norman's case put over until July 10
OTTAWA - A handful of supporters turned up at the Ottawa courthouse Wednesday to praise Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and decry the criminal charge against him, though the suspended military officer did no...
May 16, 2018
Education, immigration, trade can lift Canada's growth prospects: central bank
OTTAWA - A top Bank of Canada official points to three areas that could lift the economy’s future growth prospects and have helped in the past: education, immigration and trade liberalization. D...
May 16, 2018
Kinder Morgan CEO 'appreciates' feds' offer but time short to save pipeline
CALGARY - A federal commitment to compensate investors if the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is unnecessarily delayed is appreciated but doesn’t put the project back on the front burner, the ...
May 16, 2018
Ottawa ushers in vaping era with new rules, regulations for e-cigarettes
OTTAWA - Adults in Canada will soon have easier access to e-cigarettes and vaping supplies - and be exposed to more ads promoting them - now that the federal Liberal government has passed legislation ...
May 16, 2018
Three charged with allegedly exploiting, trafficking migrant workers
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The Canada Border Services Agency says three people are facing charges related to the alleged exploitation and trafficking of migrant workers. The CBSA alleges three people recruit...
May 16, 2018
Trudeau and Merkel talk trade, climate change ahead of June G7 summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken to German Chancellor Angela Merkel about making progress on climate change and combating protectionism when they meet at the G7 next month in Quebec. ...
May 16, 2018
NAFTA: Countries poised to miss target, likely pushing process into 2019
WASHINGTON - The NAFTA countries appear poised to blow past a target date for getting a deal, rendering it unlikely that the process of negotiating, voting on, and implementing a new continental trade...
May 16, 2018
Group wants governments to consider basic personal income in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - High poverty rates and reliance on food banks are evidence the time has come to consider a basic personal income system in Nova Scotia, say advocates. The Basic Income Guarantee Nova Scotia ...
May 16, 2018
N.B. offers compensation for cottages damaged by historic flooding
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government will compensate cottage owners whose properties were damaged by record-breaking flooding, while also requiring people with waterfront properties to develop p...
May 16, 2018