Category Archives: Canada

Grain railway backlog another reason to expand oil pipeline: Alberta premier
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says Canada will continue to have trouble moving grain across the country unless more oil pipelines are built. Notley says moving oil by rail means th...
Mar 29, 2018
Woman obsessed with married man convicted of criminal harassment
TORONTO - A small-town woman who became obsessed with a married man and his family to the point of changing her name was convicted of criminal harassment on Thursday in a ruling that also quashed an e...
Mar 29, 2018

Ancient B.C. footprints confirmed as earliest known in North America
VANCOUVER - Buried deep below a sandy beach and pressed into soft clay, footprints from an ancient time hold clues to life for some of North America’s early humans. At least 29 footprints have b...
Mar 29, 2018

Ryerson University launches scholarship for transgender students of colour
TORONTO - A Toronto university has launched a scholarship to help support racialized transgender students in honour of a young woman who died several years ago. About 200 friends and family of Sumaya ...
Mar 29, 2018

Environmental case against Husky over pipeline leak adjourned until June
CALGARY - Court proceedings against Husky Energy Ltd. related to a pipeline leak into the North Saskatchewan River have been adjourned until June 21 after a brief appearance in Lloydminster, Sask., pr...
Mar 29, 2018

Toronto man's wait for kidney transplant highlights shortage of donors
TORONTO - The family of an 81-year-old Toronto man in need of a kidney transplant has taken to putting up flyers pleading for a donor with the hope someone will step forward. The efforts of Marcel Roz...
Mar 29, 2018

'A fit sentence:' 7 years in jail upheld for Calgary man who killed neighbour
CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld the sentence of a man who argued he was fending off an attempted sexual assault when he stabbed his new neighbour 37 times. Nicholas Rasberry was sente...
Mar 29, 2018
Health-care providers billing 'impossible' hours treating car crash victims
TORONTO - Hundreds of health-care providers in Ontario are billing insurance companies for an improbable number of daily hours spent treating car crash victims, recent insider data suggest. However, n...
Mar 29, 2018

Matthew Good remains in hospital recovering from pneumonia, pulls out of BC show
EDMONTON - Rocker Matthew Good has pulled out of a concert in Prince George, B.C., as he continues to recover in an Edmonton hospital after collapsing onstage Tuesday night. Good, who was being treate...
Mar 29, 2018
1 in 66 Canadian children and youth have autism spectrum disorder: report
TORONTO - An estimated one in every 66 Canadian children and youth aged five to 17 has autism spectrum disorder, says the inaugural report on the prevalence of the neurodevelopmental condition in this...
Mar 29, 2018