Category Archives: Canada
Energy East pause puts Liberal argument on environment and pipelines in question
OTTAWA - Federal government policies tying environmental impacts to regulatory approval of pipelines are sending investors fleeing for more certain ground, critics and pipeline proponents said Friday....
Sep 08, 2017
Conservatives contemplate Quebec byelection, impact of NDP leadership
WINNIPEG - Federal Conservatives emerged Friday from two days of meetings, upbeat about the task ahead of holding the Liberals to account and strengthening their own party. The work begins in earnest ...
Sep 08, 2017
Radiohead 'appalled' by staying of charges in fatal stage collapse case
The members of Radiohead say they are “appalled” that charges stemming from a fatal concert stage collapse in Toronto in 2012 were stayed. On Tuesday, a judge ruled the justice system had ...
Sep 08, 2017
Man charged in slaying of store clerk in Montreal was rebuffed by victim: Crown
MONTREAL - Less than a week after being rebuffed by a girl he’d asked out, the man on trial in her slaying returned to a Montreal big box store and fatally stabbed her 14 times in April 2016, th...
Sep 08, 2017
Exercise rider dies after training accident at Woodbine Racetrack
TORONTO - Darren Fortune, a longtime rider at Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack, was remembered Friday as a thoughtful, hard-working individual who had a passion for working with horses. Fortune died...
Sep 08, 2017
Supreme Court restores extradition orders in B.C. 'honour killing' case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the path for extradition of two B.C. residents to India to face murder charges in the so-called honour killing of a young woman. In a 9-0 judgment Frid...
Sep 08, 2017
Two arrested after sailboat arrives in Nova Scotia carrying suspected cocaine
HALIFAX - Two men are facing drug charges after more than 250 kilograms of suspected cocaine was found hidden on a sailboat, which arrived in Nova Scotia from the Caribbean as darkness fell Sunday nig...
Sep 08, 2017
Thunder Bay, Ont., police chief to stand trial as early as December, lawyer says
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - The police chief of Thunder Bay, Ont., is now expected to stand trial on charges of breach of trust and attempting to obstruct justice as early as December. Chief J.P. Levesque wai...
Sep 08, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for August, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.2 per cent in August. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador 14.7 per cent...
Sep 08, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for August, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.2 per cent in August. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, ho...
Sep 08, 2017