Category Archives: Canada
Immigration detention system is legal, though not always applied perfectly: judge
A Federal Court judge says Canada’s rules for detaining some foreigners who can’t be deported quickly are constitutional though they may not always be applied perfectly. Judge Simon Fother...
Jul 25, 2017
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, July 25 --- HORGAN, TRUDEAU MEET FOR FIRST TIME: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and brand new B.C. Premier John Horgan bent over backwards to appear congenial...
Jul 25, 2017
Saskatchewan reserve to get clean drinking water after more than five years
REGINA - Plans are underway to get a Saskatchewan First Nation clean water after more than five years under a drinking water advisory, and to meet a pledge to end such advisories on all reserves. Indi...
Jul 25, 2017
Newfoundland report calls for overhaul of policy of inclusion in the classroom
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government should scrap its existing policy on classroom inclusion, an expert panel says in a newly released report that found students, parents ...
Jul 25, 2017
QuickQuotes: Supporters, detractors weigh in on Pacific Northwest LNG decision
VANCOUVER - Malaysian national energy company Petronas announced Tuesday it was walking away from the Pacific NorthWest LNG project, a massive liquefied natural gas development that was to be built in...
Jul 25, 2017
Spending from Trump, Trudeau on infrastructure could drive up costs: documents
OTTAWA - The Trump administration’s fledgling promise to spend $1 trillion on repairing American roads and bridges may have some unintended ripple effects in Canada. Newly released documents sho...
Jul 25, 2017
Snow leopard cub dies of pneumonia at Toronto Zoo; 2 other cubs doing fine
TORONTO - The Toronto Zoo says one of three snow leopard cubs born at the facility in May has died of pneumonia. The zoo said Tuesday in a release that the cub was found dead in the snow leopard den o...
Jul 25, 2017
The evaporation of an LNG project: A chronology of Pacific NorthWest LNG
VANCOUVER - Here is a look at how the Pacific NorthWest LNG project evolved over the last several years before the announcement of its demise Tuesday: Feb. 19, 2013: Pacific NorthWest LNG submits its ...
Jul 25, 2017
Two men dead after being found unconscious in former Quebec copper mine
MURDOCHVILLE, Que. - Two men were found dead Tuesday in a former copper mine in eastern Quebec. Provincial police identified them as a 50-year-old employee and a 60-year-old volunteer. Sgt. Helene Nep...
Jul 25, 2017
New trial ordered for woman without lawyer over lack of disclosure
Crown prosecutors and a judge failed in their duties to an Ontario woman who represented herself at her arson trial, an appeal court said in overturning her conviction. In a decision released Tuesday,...
Jul 25, 2017