Category Archives: Canada
Environment minister misses deadline on parks management: wilderness group
OTTAWA - National parks advocates are frustrated that Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is nine months late responding to concerns over how the parks are managed. “We’re still waiting...
May 02, 2018
Refugee chocolatier names new bar after the Mi'kmaq word for peace
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - A Canadian chocolate company founded by Syrian refugees has produced its first chocolate bar - and given it an Indigenous name. Peace by Chocolate of Antigonish, N.S., revealed Wedn...
May 02, 2018
Former high-level Montreal politician, construction magnate acquitted of fraud
MONTREAL - A high-ranking former Montreal politician as well as a construction industry magnate were among several people acquitted Wednesday in a fraud and conspiracy case involving a municipal land ...
May 02, 2018
Brad Wall says he'll remain in Saskatchewan despite job with Alberta law firm
REGINA - Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall says he will be spending most of his time in his hometown despite taking a new job with a Calgary law firm. On Tuesday, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt anno...
May 02, 2018
Suncor CEO says he's 'encouraged' new pipelines will be built after PM's visit
CALGARY - The CEO of oilsands giant Suncor Energy Inc. says he’s confident new oil pipelines will be built after hosting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at its newly opened Fort Hills oilsands min...
May 02, 2018
'Not something we endorse:' Toronto police investigating dangling car 'prank'
Toronto police are investigating what they believe was an elaborate prank after a burned-out car was found dangling from a bridge near a busy highway during the Wednesday morning rush hour. The unusua...
May 02, 2018
Flood evacuations scaled back in southern B.C., but flooding risk still high
PENTICTON, B.C. - An evacuation order covering 148 properties in the southern British Columbia community of Tulameen has been downgraded, but a state of local emergency remains in place as flood risks...
May 02, 2018
Ontario girl missing for nine months reunited with her mother
HAMILTON - Police in Ontario say a 16-year-old girl who was taken to Mexico and hadn’t been seen since last July has been reunited with her family. Hamilton police say the girl, who has severe e...
May 02, 2018
Girl, 13, aces first year at university: 'I was expecting a bit more stress'
CHARLOTTETOWN - Elementary school was excruciating for Vivian Xie. At 7 years old, Xie knew how to add, subtract and multiply negative numbers and decimals, while her classmates were just learning bas...
May 02, 2018
New Brunswick floods: 'This could get very uncomfortable,' officials warn
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - People fled their homes Wednesday as rising floodwater threatened to surpass record-setting levels along the Saint John River, with one fire chief warning residents: “This cou...
May 02, 2018