Category Archives: Canada
Bay of Fundy fishermen lose court bid to stop testing of huge tidal turbines
HALIFAX - Fishermen opposed to the testing of a massive tidal-power turbine in the Bay of Fundy have failed to persuade a court that Nova Scotia’s environment minister was wrong to approve the p...
Apr 10, 2017
Special code unlocks secret on the Bank of Canada's new $10 bill website
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has placed an Easter egg on its website promoting the new $10 bill. If visitors to the website enter the right series of keys, it plays the national anthem and fills the sc...
Apr 10, 2017
Ottawa to introduce legislation this spring to address airline bumping
MONTREAL - Canada will introduce new legislation this spring that will address the problem of travellers being bumped from flights, the federal government said Monday, as the violent dragging of a pas...
Apr 10, 2017
Bank gives Newfoundland town property where five-year-old girl found dead
CARBONEAR, N.L. - A Toronto-based bank has given a small Newfoundland town the property where the body of a five-year-old girl was found after she was allegedly murdered while visiting her father. In ...
Apr 10, 2017
Taxes on legalized pot must stay low to beat weed's black market: study
OTTAWA - A new analysis says governments can wrestle recreational-pot proceeds away from criminals - just so long as they’re not counting on an early windfall from legalized weed. The study, to ...
Apr 10, 2017
World Cup bid calls for just 10 games for Canada but likely includes invite to play
Canada and Mexico will only get a slice of soccer’s biggest prize if the joint North American bid for the 2026 World Cup is successful. The proposed blueprint calls for 60 of the 80 games in the...
Apr 10, 2017
B.C. man says no tracks beyond mountain edge meant 5 hikers had fallen to deaths
LIONS BAY, B.C. - Friends and family members of five hikers who died in the mountains near Vancouver gathered on Monday afternoon to support each other, says the Korean consul general. Sunggu Kim said...
Apr 10, 2017
Inquiry into journalists' sources to hear from Quebec police chiefs
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police had no protocols in place with regard to investigations involving reporters before the controversial practice of spying on them became publicized, a high-ranking of...
Apr 10, 2017
Too early to gauge pot legalization's effect on criminal market, RCMP notes say
OTTAWA - It’s too early to know how pot legalization will affect criminal involvement in the illicit marijuana market, the RCMP says. The Mounties add that they will work with the federal govern...
Apr 10, 2017
Housing affordability measures coming 'very soon': Ontario premier
TORONTO - A package of housing affordability measures that could have a swift impact on the hot Toronto-area housing market will be introduced “very soon,” Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne s...
Apr 10, 2017