Category Archives: Canada
B.C.'s five conditions set out for Trans Mountain pipeline approval
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier Christy Clark said Wednesday that all of her government’s conditions had been met for approval of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline. Here is a lis...
Jan 11, 2017
B.C. judge adjourns peace bond hearing in terror case until after October appeal
VANCOUVER - A provincial court judge in British Columbia has delayed a hearing over a peace bond for two people awaiting an appeal on terror charges. Judge Reg Harris granted the adjournment Wednesday...
Jan 11, 2017
McDonald's Canada testing all-day breakfast menu in select provinces
TORONTO - McDonald’s has begun serving its famed Egg McMuffins, hash browns and other breakfast menu items around the clock in some restaurants in Canada. The fast-food giant has launched all-da...
Jan 11, 2017
Winnipeg girl, 9, waits outside in cold when school bus doesn't arrive
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg mother is unhappy with school officials after her nine-year-old daughter spent more than two hours in the bitter cold when her school bus didn’t show up. Izabella Roberts w...
Jan 11, 2017
Manitoba premier faces lengthy return home in event of emergency: travel experts
WINNIPEG - Staff say Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister will catch a commercial flight home if an emergency arises while he is at his vacation property in Costa Rica, something travel experts say could ...
Jan 11, 2017
Indigenous prof quits committee after university brings back John Furlong
VANCOUVER - The only indigenous professor on a committee working on a new sexual assault policy at the University of British Columbia has resigned from the group after the school brought back John Fur...
Jan 11, 2017
Judge reserves decision on releasing evidence to media in intimate photo case
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - A Nova Scotia judge has reserved his decision on whether to release additional evidence to media in a case involving the alleged sharing of intimate images by teenagers without con...
Jan 11, 2017
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Jan. 11 --- FONDA, CHIEFS SAY TRUDEAU BETRAYED HOPES FOR CLIMATE ACTION: Hollywood icon Jane Fonda is joining with Canadian aboriginal leaders to say Prime...
Jan 11, 2017
Canada says no 'quid pro quo' with Russia on lifting Freeland travel ban
OTTAWA - Canada is rebuffing the Kremlin’s thinly veiled overtures that it might be willing to lift a travel ban on new Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland if it eases sanctions on Russia...
Jan 11, 2017
Author Joseph Boyden apologizes for being 'too vocal' on indigenous issues
TORONTO - Acclaimed author Joseph Boyden released a statement Wednesday in which he apologized for being “too vocal” on many indigenous issues in Canada. It was the second public statement...
Jan 11, 2017