Category Archives: Canada
Canada's oilpatch fears U.S. rejection of methane limit will hurt competitiveness
CALGARY - A vote Friday by the U.S. House of Representatives to axe new limits on methane emissions from drilling threatens to harm the competitiveness of Canada’s energy industry, says the Cana...
Feb 03, 2017

Family confirms Toronto filmmaker Rob Stewart dead after dive in Florida
ISLAMORADA, Fla. - The family of Toronto filmmaker Rob Stewart says his body was “found peacefully in the ocean” Friday after he disappeared this week while diving off the coast of Florida...
Feb 03, 2017
Despair and the status quo: how federal politics touched Canadians this week
OTTAWA - A leaden blanket of despair stifled Parliament Hill this week, as politicians strained to come to terms with the Quebec City mosque shooting and the confusing Donald Trump ban on travellers f...
Feb 03, 2017

U.S. students affected by Trump's travel ban look to Canadian universities
VANCOUVER - Mahdi Ebrahimi Kahou was awarded a full scholarship last year to complete his PhD in economics at the University of Minnesota, a top-five U.S. school in his field. But last Friday, the Ira...
Feb 03, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Feb. 3 --- CANADA PUT OFF REQUEST TO LEAD MALI MISSION BECAUSE OF TRUMP: Canada lost out on the opportunity to pick the commanding officer for a United Nation...
Feb 03, 2017
Manitoba may help man after all with $118K medical bill: health minister
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba man who faces a medical bill of almost $120,000 for emergency surgery in the United States may be getting some help from the provincial government. Health Minister Kelvin Goertze...
Feb 03, 2017
A timeline of the history of polygamy in Canada.
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A B.C. Supreme Court judge found two people guilty Friday of taking a girl into the United States for a sexual purpose. Justice Paul Pearlman found that former couple Brandon Blackmo...
Feb 03, 2017
Former medic guilty of sex assault, breach of trust for breast exams on recruits
OTTAWA - A former medical technician has been found guilty of one count of sexual assault and three counts of breach of trust for conducting inappropriate breast exams at several Ontario military recr...
Feb 03, 2017
Ontario to help sick kids whose medical treatment is affected by U.S. travel ban
TORONTO - Ontario is making arrangements to provide care for children from countries affected by the U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban who can no longer receive life-saving surgeries in A...
Feb 03, 2017
Canada stalled on UN request to lead Mali mission because of Trump
OTTAWA - Canada may have missed a chance to provide the commanding officer for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali because it wanted to talk first to the Trump administration, the Canadian...
Feb 03, 2017