Category Archives: Canada
Liberal electoral reform survey derided as manipulative, simplistic
OTTAWA - Days after complaining that an all-party committee didn’t recommend a specific alternative to Canada’s voting system, the Trudeau government launched Monday an online interactive ...
Dec 05, 2016
Suspect in fatal Montreal carjacking now linked to second homicide
MONTREAL - A single suspect is connected to the death of a Montreal woman whose car was hijacked and the slaying of a young man in an apartment, police said Monday. Major-crimes investigators say both...
Dec 05, 2016
Eight stories in the news today, Dec. 5
Eight stories in the news for Monday, Dec. 5 --- ENERGY EAST STILL NEEDED, N.B. PREMIER SAYS New Brunswick’s premier says there’s still a strong need for the proposed Energy East pipeline ...
Dec 05, 2016
Copycat terrorists could use drone to attack plane, intelligence report warns
OTTAWA - Publicity about near-misses between drones and passenger aircraft might give terrorists ideas about how to take down a plane, a federal intelligence report warns. The Transport Canada report ...
Dec 05, 2016
Energy East still needed despite approval for western pipelines: N.B. premier
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s premier says there’s still a strong need for the proposed Energy East pipeline despite the federal government’s approval of two pipeline expansions in w...
Dec 05, 2016
'I failed and I admit that:' Mother who treated son holistically testifies
CALGARY - A woman who treated her son with dandelion tea and oil of oregano before he died testified Monday that she didn’t understand how sick he really was and that he was still alive when she...
Dec 05, 2016
Competition Bureau ups bid-rigging work to protect federal infrastructure cash
OTTAWA - The Competition Bureau of Canada says its efforts to identify and prevent bid rigging in construction contracts this year has already turned up potential criminal activity - just as new feder...
Dec 05, 2016
American consumers would be hurt by lumber duties, say U.S. housing groups
MONTREAL - The imposition of import tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber will place a heavy burden on consumers and U.S. workers, a leading American voice for free trade with Canada says. The U.S. Nati...
Dec 05, 2016
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley heads to B.C. on Monday, spokeswoman confirms
EDMONTON - A spokeswoman for Rachel Notley says the Alberta premier will visit British Columbia on Monday. Cheryl Oates confirmed the visit would occur when she was asked via text over the weekend, bu...
Dec 05, 2016
Trial hears sect followers could foresee girls moved to U.S. for sexual purpose
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Three followers of a polygamous sect accused of taking girls across the border could have foreseen that sexual contact with older men would be a likely consequence of their actions, ...
Dec 05, 2016