Category Archives: Canada
Quebec officials on high alert for flooding with rain, spring thaw
MONTREAL - Rainfall in southwestern Quebec and warmer weather expected later this week have officials keeping close tabs on potential springtime flooding in different parts of the province, civil auth...
Apr 30, 2018
Carbon tax would cut 90M tonnes of emissions by 2022, government projects
OTTAWA - The federal government’s carbon pricing plan could eliminate up to 90 million tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2022 - but whether that actually happens still depends on what kind of carbon p...
Apr 30, 2018
Ontario's top court upholds conviction, sentence for Const. James Forcillo
TORONTO - Ontario’s top court has dismissed the appeal of a Toronto police officer convicted of attempted murder in the fatal shooting of a troubled teen on an empty streetcar, ruling Monday tha...
Apr 30, 2018
Offices closed in flooded Fredericton, but water levels appear to be stabilizing
FREDERICTON - Bob Leonard usually lives about 120 metres from the Saint John River, but these are not usual times on Alexandra Street in Fredericton. “We had two ducks that started off on Alexan...
Apr 30, 2018
TD Bank becoming corporate member of Canadian Cybersecurity Institute
FREDERICTON - The TD Bank Group has become the first Canadian bank to join the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity - a centre for cyber technology research at the University of New Brunswick in Frede...
Apr 30, 2018
In the news today, April 30
Three stories in the news for Monday, April 30 --- TORONTO HOLDS VIGIL FOR VAN ATTACK VICTIMS The site of Toronto’s deadly van attack became a place of mourning Sunday, as streets in the city...
Apr 30, 2018
B.C. dinosaur museum closes doors over funds, operations feud in Tumbler Ridge
VICTORIA - A dinosaur museum in the tiny northeast British Columbia community of Tumbler Ridge is facing a struggle against extinction as local politicians and residents feud over funding, operation, ...
Apr 30, 2018
New app could help N.B. doctors take the guesswork out of diagnosing dementia
MONCTON, N.B. - A professor of clinical neuropsychology at the University of Moncton says a computer application she developed could help doctors better predict the risk of dementia - and take some of...
Apr 29, 2018
B.C. Bud to Beijing? China presses Canada over illicit marijuana imports
OTTAWA - Chinese officials have been quietly grilling Canada about illicit marijuana flowing to their country, prompting Ottawa to agree to work with them on the problem, an internal federal memo reve...
Apr 29, 2018
28-year-old Montreal man identified as Labrador City homicide victim
LABRADOR CITY, N.L. - Police have identified the victim of Thursday’s homicide in Labrador City as Vincent Belanger Dompierre. The 28-year-old man from Montreal was found dead in a home on Pine ...
Apr 29, 2018