Category Archives: Canada
Provinces considering carbon pricing watch Ontario's first cap-and-trade auction
TORONTO - Ontario’s cap-and-trade system aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions begins in earnest Wednesday with its first auction, which other provinces said they will be watching closely a...
Mar 21, 2017
Man who sought refuge in B.C. church continues fight to clear his name
VICTORIA - An El Salvadoran man who spent two years in a British Columbia church to avoid deportation over alleged terrorism links is fighting the federal government in court even though he was grante...
Mar 21, 2017
Goodale plans spring legislation to revamp controversial anti-terror law C-51
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals plan to introduce legislation this spring to revamp the Conservative anti-terrorism bill known as C-51, the public safety minister says. The package could include other m...
Mar 21, 2017
Tories take aim at $127,000 bill for Trudeau's trip to Aga Khan's private island
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau’s family vacation over New Year’s is back in the spotlight after documents tabled in Parliament revealed the cost of the trip down south was north of $127,000. The ...
Mar 21, 2017
Couillard blasts article in Maclean's that calls Quebec 'pathologically alienated'
MONTREAL - An article in Maclean’s that described Quebec as a “pathologically alienated and low-trust society” with a glaring absence of solidarity burst into the political sphere Tu...
Mar 21, 2017
Amid controversy, Sen. Don Meredith's political fate to be determined Wednesday
OTTAWA - The political future of Canada’s latest controversy-shrouded senator will be determined behind closed doors Wednesday as the Senate ethics committee decides what, if anything, to do abo...
Mar 21, 2017
Front Page Challenge panellist, broadcaster Betty Kennedy dead at 91
OTTAWA - Betty Kennedy, once one of Canada’s best-known television personalities, has died. She was 91. The veteran journalist and broadcaster was for decades one of the country’s most rec...
Mar 21, 2017
Small on spending, Libs sell Budget 2017 as big on ideas for a changing world
OTTAWA - The federal government’s second budget Wednesday is expected to emphasize skills and job training, but will also illustrate lessons learned as Justin Trudeau’s Liberals move away ...
Mar 21, 2017
Taxpayers group says tax hikes a hazardous way to fix deficit problems
REGINA - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says higher taxes are the last thing Saskatchewan needs in the provincial budget to be tabled Wednesday. But Premier Brad Wall has said they will be there as...
Mar 21, 2017
Unique B.C. bridge, part of Old Alaska Highway, closed indefinitely by crash
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - A historic curved wooden bridge near Dawson Creek, B.C., has been closed following a single-vehicle crash on Monday. Dawson Creek RCMP say an Alberta man was not hurt, but his tru...
Mar 21, 2017