Category Archives: Canada
C$17.7B Cenovus deal seen as likely to be last oilsands blockbuster
CALGARY - Cenovus Energy’s blockbuster $17.7-billion deal to buy most of the Canadian assets of Houston-based ConocoPhillips will likely stand as the biggest acquisition in the oilsands sector f...
Mar 30, 2017
Photographer stunned by polar bear in 'prayer' in front of cross
WESLEYVILLE, N.L. - Jessica Andrews was scanning through dozens of photos she took of a polar bear roaming around her backyard when she came across one that stopped her in her tracks. The large animal...
Mar 30, 2017
Five people taken to hospital after explosion at Rio Tinto facility in Quebec
SOREL-TRACEY, Que. - Five people that were taken to hospital Thursday morning after an explosion at the Rio Tinto iron and titanium plant in Sorel-Tracy, Que., have been released. Company spokeswoman ...
Mar 30, 2017
Federal, Ontario governments to invest $200M into Ford's Canadian operations
The federal and Ontario governments are each spending more than $100 million to help Canada’s auto sector - an old-school engine of economic growth - and speed the dawn of the driverless, eco-fr...
Mar 30, 2017
Seven stories in the news today, March 30
Seven stories in the news for Thursday, March 30: --- CANNABIS PRODUCERS PEN LETTER TO OTTAWA Several licensed marijuana producers have written a letter urging the federal government to allow them to ...
Mar 30, 2017
Via Rail: youth passes sold out after high demand interrupts sales
TORONTO - Via Rail said early Thursday that all available $150 youth passes for unlimited travel across Canada in July had been sold out after the sales were derailed on Wednesday due to high demand o...
Mar 30, 2017
A robot job invasion: U.S. feds shrug it off, Canada feds fret, so who's right?
WASHINGTON - Should we be preparing for the coming invasion of job-stealing, career-crushing robots? It’s a question that’s moved from science-fiction novels to the tip of policy-makers...
Mar 30, 2017
Cannabis producers lobby government ahead of legalization legislation
TORONTO - Several licensed marijuana producers have penned a letter to Ottawa, urging the federal government to allow them to brand their products and provide medical cannabis on a tax-free basis. The...
Mar 30, 2017
Former Montreal mayor Applebaum sentenced to one year in jail for corruption
MONTREAL - Former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum was sentenced to one year in jail on corruption-related charges Thursday, eliciting a promise from the disgraced ex-politician he will emerge a bette...
Mar 30, 2017
Profits made of sand: Specialty sand market heats up as oil, gas drilling rebounds
CALGARY - Signs of the Canadian oil and gas industry’s recovery from a punishing two-year downturn are emerging in unlikely places, including fine grains of sand. Demand for the especially round...
Mar 30, 2017