Category Archives: Canada

BURNABY, B.C. - The City of Burnaby wants to appeal a National Energy Board decision that exempts Kinder Morgan from local land and tree clearance bylaws in the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipelin...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia will require industrial facilities generating 50,000 tonnes or more of greenhouse gas emissions per year to report emissions under its proposed cap and trade regime, although key...

MONTREAL - The Crown will not appeal last month’s acquittal of three former Quebec railway employees who were charged with criminal negligence causing the death of 47 people in the Lac-Megantic ...

FREDERICTON - The death of a three-month-old New Brunswick boy has prompted a call for a campaign warning the public about the dangers of unsafe sleeping arrangements for babies. The coroner determine...

OTTAWA - The federal NDP kicked off its national convention in earnest Friday with a sober apology from the party’s president to all those New Democrats who have suffered harassment or discrimin...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government says its new regulations to phase out power plants fired by coal and natural gas will cost more than $2.2 billion, but potentially save the country billions mor...

TORONTO - A judge has rejected a legal challenge of a Toronto actress’ sexual assault lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, his former assistant and two entertainment co...

WINNIPEG - Some Manitoba survivors of the ’60s Scoop are encouraging others to opt out of a settlement with the federal government. They say they were not consulted in the agreement meant to res...

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The British Columbia government has taken on the $1.37 billion cost of replacing a major commuter crossing in Metro Vancouver, relieving some financial pressure on the transit ...

WASHINGTON - The United States has fired a warning shot in what could become a global trade war over steel and aluminum, threatening to impose a wide range of tariffs and quotas within several months ...