Category Archives: Canada
Environment groups wait for charges in year-old Husky oil spill in Saskatchewan
REGINA - A year after a major oil spill along the North Saskatchewan River fouled the water source for three Saskatchewan cities, an environmentalist says the company involved should get more than jus...
Jul 19, 2017
Baratov to go ahead with extradition hearing, unless deal reached with U.S.
HAMILTON - The lawyer for a Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails said Wednesday he will go ahead with an extradition hearing unless negotiations with American authorities pan out bef...
Jul 19, 2017
Expert advises B.C. premier to 'stay focused' as government inundated with asks
VANCOUVER - John Horgan has been British Columbia’s premier for less than a day and already the requests are flooding in, as various groups compete to get their respective wish lists into the ne...
Jul 19, 2017
A look at some oil spills and leaks on the Prairies over the last decade
REGINA - It’s been a year since a Husky Energy pipeline leaked 225,000 litres of heavy oil and diluent near Maidstone, Sask. About 40 per cent of the spill reached the North Saskatchewan River. ...
Jul 19, 2017
Small pool of doctors treat majority of Ontarians with opioid addiction: study
TORONTO - A small proportion of Ontario doctors who treat people battling opioid addictions prescribe the majority of the medications used to treat the disorder, a study has found, raising concerns ab...
Jul 18, 2017
Mounties issue plea for help from small community to find girl's killer
GODS LAKE NARROWS, Man. - RCMP have issued a plea on social media for help from a small, isolated Manitoba community to find the killer in their midst. Manitoba Mounties posted on their Facebook page ...
Jul 18, 2017
Omnitrax says it won't pay for rail repairs in Churchill, Manitoba
CHURCHILL, Man. - Omnitrax says the flooded-out rail line to Churchill, Man., could be fixed before this winter, but the company won’t be putting up the money to do it. Omnitrax officials said T...
Jul 18, 2017
Indigenous groups won't meet provinces under current rules: Inuit leader
EDMONTON - Canada’s national Inuit leader says Indigenous groups are unlikely to appear at future provincial and territorial meetings under rules the premiers have developed. “If nothing c...
Jul 18, 2017
Quebec premier disappointed with result of referendum on Muslim cemetery
EDMONTON - Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says the outcome of a referendum in which voters narrowly rejected a proposed Muslim-owned cemetery was disappointing. Voters shot down a zoning change by ...
Jul 18, 2017
Suite of housing measures cooling market largely as expected: Morneau
OTTAWA - The federal finance minister says steps taken to tame Canada’s hottest housing markets have already helped slow down a sector he believes was moving at an unsustainable clip. Bill Morne...
Jul 18, 2017