Category Archives: Canada
TransCanada CEO says shippers being polled for support of Keystone XL
WHISTLER, B.C. - The CEO of TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) says the company will be talking with shippers to determine if they still support the Keystone XL pipeline project after it was given a new leas...
Jan 25, 2017
Retrial of man accused of 1985 murder focuses on details of DNA testing
WINNIPEG - Prosecutors have begun laying out their DNA evidence at the retrial of a man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl back in 1984. Mark Edward Grant has pleaded not guilty to second-degree mu...
Jan 25, 2017
Vancouver approves $2 million to help frontline workers address overdose crisis
VANCOUVER - Councillors in Vancouver have approved more than $2 million in measures aimed at addressing the ongoing illicit drug overdose crisis. The money will fund addictions and mental health train...
Jan 25, 2017
TransCanada CEO vows to 'diligently' work on permit application for Keystone XL
CALGARY - The CEO of TransCanada says the company will work “diligently” to complete an application for a presidential permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline after U.S. President Donald ...
Jan 25, 2017
Liberal government chewing on 'ambiguous' results of survey on electoral reform
OTTAWA - The way Canadians cast their ballots in the next federal election is still up in the air as the Liberal government weighs the pros and cons of keeping - or abandoning - a major campaign promi...
Jan 25, 2017
Saskatchewan government says Tundra Energy owns pipeline that leaked crude oil
STOUGHTON, Sask. - The Saskatchewan government says it has confirmed which pipeline leaked 200,000 litres of crude oil on First Nation farmland. It says it belongs to Calgary-based Tundra Energy Marke...
Jan 25, 2017
Former senator and Quebec MP Marcel Prud'homme dead at 82
OTTAWA - Marcel Prud’homme, the straight-talking former senator and Quebec MP whose career in federal politics spanned 45 years, has died at the age of 82. J. Greg Peters, the usher of the black...
Jan 25, 2017
Three dead in Nunavut after snow machine crashes through ice near Whale Cove
WHALE COVE, Nunavut - Three men have drowned after a large snow machine crashed through sea ice in Nunavut. Mounties say it happened on Saturday near Whale Cove, on the western shore of Hudson Bay, wh...
Jan 25, 2017
AltaGas buying energy firm WGL Holdings for $6 billion to expand U.S. foothold
CALGARY - AltaGas Ltd. is buying WGL Holdings Inc. for $6 billion in the latest Canadian blockbuster takeover of a U.S. energy company. “We are fortunate to be buying a storied company with near...
Jan 25, 2017
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Jan. 25 --- TRAVIS VADER SENTENCED TO LIFE: A judge has sentenced a man to life in prison for killing two Alberta seniors who disappeared on a camping trip...
Jan 25, 2017