Category Archives: Canada

Researchers developing disaster-planning tool that will work like a video game
HALIFAX - A pair of researchers in Halifax are working on an elaborate, computerized disaster-planning simulator that will one day function like a multiplayer video game - the first version of which h...
Mar 20, 2017
Globe and Mail nabs a leading 19 NNA nominations; Star gets 8, CP 5
TORONTO - The Globe and Mail has nabbed a leading 19 National Newspaper Award nominations. La Presse was next with nine finalists, the Toronto Star received eight nods and the Canadian Press landed fi...
Mar 20, 2017
Canadian accused in Yahoo hack posed 'extremely high flight risk': documents
A Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails posed an “extremely high flight risk” in part due to his alleged ties to Russian intelligence agents, law enforcement officials all...
Mar 20, 2017

A U.S. bombshell: FBI has been investigating Russia-Trump team ties since July
WASHINGTON - It’s now been revealed that the FBI had two political bombshells ready to drop during the last U.S. election. One, it unloaded on Democrats two weeks before election day. The other ...
Mar 20, 2017
Federal budget to show how infrastructure bank can attract, free up investment
OTTAWA - A new infrastructure bank could free up billions in new money for social services Canadians regularly use, internal government documents say - provided the experimental new institution meets ...
Mar 20, 2017
After worst cargo season in years, St. Lawrence Seaway opens for shipping
MONTREAL - After the worst cargo season in years, shippers traversing the Great Lakes are expecting a rise in volumes this season as the St. Lawrence Seaway opened Monday, but not enough to give them ...
Mar 20, 2017
Judge questions Nunavut custom adoptions after baby returned to mother
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut judge is pointing out problems with how the territory handles traditional Inuit adoptions after a mother lost custody of her daughter without her consent. In a ruling last...
Mar 20, 2017
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Mar 20, 2017

Wall tells Saskatchewan residents to brace for tax increases in deficit budget
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says there will be tax increases in the provincial budget as part of the government’s three-year plan to balance the books. It’s the first time Wall...
Mar 20, 2017

Call for cheaters to be booted from Conservative leadership race
OTTAWA - Arguments and allegations of improper membership sales are roiling the crowded Conservative leadership race as tensions escalate between rivals before next week’s rapidly approaching de...
Mar 20, 2017