Category Archives: Canada
Trudeau says he doesn't know bill details but supports his justice minister
SASKATOON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has continued his town hall tour of Canada with a rather friendly and low-key public meeting in Saskatoon. Trudeau was greeted with a standing ovation Wednesd...
Jan 25, 2017
A timeline of events around the MV Sun Sea
VANCOUVER - A chronology of events in the case of the MV Sun Sea: July 16, 2010: Canada watches for a ship alleged to be carrying illegal Tamil migrants after a Sri Lankan newspaper warned the vessel ...
Jan 25, 2017
Jury says three of four accused human smugglers not guilty
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court jury has acquitted three of four men accused of bringing hundreds of Tamil migrants into Canada illegally, more than six years after a dilapidated cargo ship packed wi...
Jan 25, 2017
Trudeau plans to highlight the benefits of Canada-U.S. trade with Washington
SASKATOON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it is too soon to predict how the trade policies of the new U.S. administration will affect the Canadian economy. Trudeau said his priority is to highlig...
Jan 25, 2017
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