Category Archives: Canada
First Nations say the can build more projects with changes to federal funding
REGINA - First Nations leaders say they’ll be able to do more projects and build more homes because of changes that give them more control over financial resources. The federal government announ...
Jul 25, 2017
Woman from North Carolina says she was duped into video confession
SASKATOON - A woman from North Carolina has come forward as the person who recorded a video where she unwittingly confessed to sending packages of white powder around Saskatoon. Samantha Field tells C...
Jul 25, 2017
Canadian airlines aiming to become a biofuel superpower, reduce carbon footprint
MONTREAL - The country’s top airlines say resource-rich Canada has the potential to become a biofuel superpower by transforming forest residue and agricultural crops into energy that can help th...
Jul 25, 2017
Edmonton police investigate theft of plaques that mark Canada's military history
Edmonton police are investigating the theft of metal plaques from a city neighbourhood that honour military heroes and some of the grimmest battles from Canada’s history. The Griesbach Community...
Jul 25, 2017
Man faces first-degree murder charge in Montreal stabbing that left newborn dead
MONTREAL - A Montreal man was charged Tuesday with the first-degree murder of a newborn as well as seven other counts, including attempted murder in the stabbing of the pregnant mother. Sofiane Ghazi,...
Jul 25, 2017
Cabinet ministers spend a lot of time, but not much money, on NAFTA outreach
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has put a lot of effort into travelling to the United States to help ease the way into the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations, but so far, a relatively sm...
Jul 25, 2017
Toronto's Pearson Airport could be hit by baggage handlers' strike on Thursday
TORONTO - Ground crew for 30 airlines at Pearson International Airport could be walking a picket line Thursday, potentially delaying flights. The union representing 700 Swissport workers at Pearson fi...
Jul 25, 2017
Petronas-backed Pacific NorthWest LNG megaproject in B.C. scrapped
Malaysian national energy giant Petronas and its partners scrapped the Pacific NorthWest LNG megaproject Tuesday, ending months of anticipation on the fate of what would have been one of Canada’...
Jul 25, 2017
WayHome revises policy, allows attendees to bring naloxone
TORONTO - An Ontario music festival has reversed a policy that would have banned attendees from bringing their own injectable naloxone kits, saying patrons will be able to trade syringes of the opioid...
Jul 25, 2017
Portuguese man-of-war showing up far from home in Atlantic waters
HALIFAX - Unwanted visitors of the gelatinous kind are making their way to Nova Scotia waters, spooking some swimmers who have come across potentially lethal Portuguese man-of-war that have travelled ...
Jul 25, 2017