Category Archives: Canada
Reports say Canadian man, 33, detained in death of woman, 23, in Cancun, Mexico
TORONTO - Mexican media say a Canadian man is charged in the death of a 23-year-old woman at a Cancun resort. The reports say the woman - who they identify as Gabriela Janeth Jaramillo - was killed on...
May 10, 2017
Writers' Union of Canada sorry for article encouraging cultural appropriation
TORONTO - The Writers’ Union of Canada apologized Wednesday for an opinion article in the latest issue of its quarterly magazine advocating for more cultural appropriation in Canadian literature...
May 10, 2017
Quebec's top court rules national securities regulator is unconstitutional
MONTREAL - Quebec’s top court says Ottawa’s plan to set up a national securities regulator is unconstitutional. The provincial government asked the Quebec Court of Appeal in the summer of ...
May 10, 2017
NEB proposes to review upstream, downstream emissions from Energy East
CALGARY - Canada’s national energy regulator has proposed that the new review of the Energy East Pipeline consider upstream and downstream emissions from the project. The National Energy Board i...
May 10, 2017
Soybean and lentil success: Agriculture census shows trend to more crop variety
Fewer and slightly older Canadian producers are planting more cropland on larger farms and are making relatively stable profits. That’s the general overview of the 2016 Census of Agriculture rel...
May 10, 2017
A protective partisan wall forms around Trump, with just a few cracks in it
WASHINGTON - The political earthquake touched off by President Donald Trump’s sudden firing of an FBI director investigating his campaign’s ties to Russia left only the slightest, most sub...
May 10, 2017
Disgraced Senator gets to keep pension as he quits
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is blaming its Conservative predecessor for the fact Don Meredith will be able to collect an annual pension now that the disgraced Ontario senator has formally resigned...
May 10, 2017
Rebuilding after disasters should stress safer, better, Goodale says
OTTAWA - As the devastating floodwaters recede in Ontario and Quebec, the key to preventing a similar disaster in future is to avoid making the mistakes that led to problems in the first place, says P...
May 10, 2017
B.C. election brings unwelcome uncertainty for business as Greens hold balance
CALGARY - British Columbia’s election has brought unwelcome doubt for the business sector, given the prospect of an ascendant Green party influencing policy on pipelines, natural gas exports, hy...
May 10, 2017
Hundreds of extra troops sent to Quebec as feds warn about more floods in B.C.
OTTAWA - The military is deploying hundreds of additional soldiers to help with flood-relief efforts in Quebec, even as the federal government warns about more flooding in British Columbia. The extra ...
May 10, 2017