Category Archives: Canada
Nova Scotia lacks planning for schools, risk plans for infrastructure:auditor
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia approved a new $21 million, Halifax-area school despite evidence it wasn’t needed, the auditor general said Wednesday in a report that slammed the province for poor plannin...
Nov 30, 2016
Tragically Hip's Gord Downie performing at We Day youth event in Halifax
HALIFAX - Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie will be performing at a We Day youth empowerment event in Halifax today. His appearance at the event was announced early Wednesday morning, a day after Do...
Nov 30, 2016
Hundreds protest Liberal refusal to act on Island electoral reform plebiscite
CHARLOTTETOWN - Hundreds of people demonstrated in Prince Edward Island on Tuesday evening calling on the provincial government to use the results of a recent plebiscite on electoral reform to change ...
Nov 30, 2016
Messy mix of snow, rain hits Maritimes, causing outages, closures
It could be sometime Thursday before some residents of New Brunswick have their power restored following a messy pre-winter storm - and there’s another storm on the way. A blast of heavy, wet sn...
Nov 30, 2016
CRTC, consumer advocates to keep eye on new cable rules taking effect Thursday
TORONTO - The CRTC and consumer advocates say they’re keeping a close eye on the country’s TV providers as the final phase of new basic cable packages rules are implemented on Thursday. Af...
Nov 30, 2016
Energy exports help economy bounce back with 3.5% growth in third quarter
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy slightly exceeded expectations in the third quarter to grow at its fastest pace in more than two years and rebound from a second-quarter contraction. The country’s ...
Nov 30, 2016
Three stories in the news today, Nov. 30
Three stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 30 --- LATEST READING ON ECONOMIC GROWTH EXPECTED The latest reading on how the Canadian economy is faring is due out this morning. Statistics Canada will...
Nov 30, 2016
Son of a Cirque du Soleil founder killed on set in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO - Officials say a technician with the Cirque du Soleil “Luzia” show who died after being hit in the head by an aerial lift Tuesday is the son of one of the founders of the sh...
Nov 29, 2016
Some quotes on the federal government's Tuesday pipeline decisions
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has approved Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby, B.C., and Enbridge’s lesser-known Line 3 pipeline ex...
Nov 29, 2016
Financial centre of oilpatch hails approval of Trans Mountain expansion, Line 3
CALGARY - The financial centre of the oilpatch applauded Ottawa’s approval of two massive pipeline developments, saying the decisions send a message that Canada is open to investment at a time w...
Nov 29, 2016