Category Archives: Canada

VICTORIA - The prospect of a reignited trade dispute with the United States over Canadian softwood lumber exports has British Columbia looking for new customers in China and India. Mike de Jong, B.C.&...

VANCOUVER - The federal cabinet’s decision to approve Kinder Morgan Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has prompted a flood of outrage and promises of protests, court challenges an...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Nov. 29 --- FEDS APPROVE TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is approving Kinder Morgan’s proposal to triple the capacity of its Tra...

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has approved Kinder Morgan’s proposal to triple the capacity of its Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby, B.C. - a $6.8-billion project th...

QUEBEC - Canada must create a loan guarantee program in order to ensure the country’s lumber producers continue to have access to the U.S. market, Quebec’s economy minister said Tuesday. D...

OTTAWA - A bid by the Senate finance committee to amend the Trudeau government’s signature income tax bill has been ruled out of order. Speaker George Furey has ruled that unelected senators don...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s auditor general conjured up the gory scene of hanging meat carcasses dripping blood next to ready-to-eat bologna and pepperoni, as she called for stronger measures ...

REGINA - Premier Brad Wall says he would like to make everyone in Saskatchewan an automatic organ donor unless they opt out. Wall said he wants to bring in a system of presumed consent for organ donat...

VANCOUVER - For the first time police in Vancouver have linked a fatal overdose to the highly toxic drug carfentanil. Officials say a drug sample was seized from an East Vancouver home where a 39-year...

MONTREAL - A battle is brewing in Quebec as Junex attempts to become the province’s first oil producer in a century. Environmentalists say they’ll strongly oppose the company’s (TSXV...