Category Archives: Canada
N.B., Sask. premiers, Alberta minister blast regulator's handling of Energy East
CALGARY - Canadian politicians whose jurisdictions could benefit from a proposed multibillion-dollar oil pipeline are accusing the country’s energy regulator of creating uncertainty about the fu...
Sep 08, 2017
Ontario unveils plan to sell marijuana in LCBO stores when pot is legalized
TORONTO - Ontario is the first province out of the gate with a detailed plan to sell and distribute recreational marijuana when Ottawa legalizes it next summer. The Liberal government announced Friday...
Sep 08, 2017
Newfoundland students get bottled water after well near cemetery raises concerns
MOBILE, N.L. - Students in Newfoundland are drinking bottled water amid concerns about how close their high school’s well is to an adjacent graveyard. They attend Mobile Central High School, abo...
Sep 08, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, Sept. 8
Seven stories in the news for Friday, Sept. 8 --- MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF MEXICO A massive 8.1-magnitude earthquake hit off Mexico’s southern coast late Thursday, toppling houses in Chiap...
Sep 08, 2017
Man at centre of Liberal bribery allegations believed party jobs were on offer
SUDBURY, Ont. - The man at the centre of bribery allegations against two Ontario Liberals believed they were offering him opportunities within the party and not government appointments, court heard Fr...
Sep 08, 2017
Father tells Calgary trial he wanted to get help for disabled daughter
CALGARY - The father of a disabled woman who weighed just over 50 pounds when she died has testified he told his ex-wife they should take their daughter to see a doctor, but she would only say she wou...
Sep 07, 2017
Expedition team says prototype of the Avro Arrow found at bottom of Lake Ontario
TORONTO - Search crews say they have found a test model of the Avro Arrow, an advanced Canadian fighter jet that was controversially scrapped in 1959, on the floor of Lake Ontario. OEX Recovery Group,...
Sep 07, 2017
TransCanada seeking 30-day suspension of Energy East application
CALGARY - The future of the Energy East pipeline has been thrown into question after TransCanada Corp. announced it wants to suspend for now its application to build the $15.7-billion project. In a st...
Sep 07, 2017
Winnipeg school says teaching best way to deal with anti-Semitic bullying
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg high school hopes that teaching its students about the Holocaust will help put a stop to a recent spate of anti-Semitic bullying. Ted Fransen, superintendent with the Pembina Tra...
Sep 07, 2017
B.C.'s minority NDP to table governing blueprint after 16 years in opposition
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s minority NDP government is set to table a throne speech outlining its political blueprint after months of tension, upheaval and backroom machinations following a sp...
Sep 07, 2017