Category Archives: Canada

In name of clean energy, Liberals seek to snuff out, clean up coal-fired power
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government once again earned the scorn of Saskatchewan’s premier Monday with the next phase of its clean-energy strategy: pushing provinces to either phase out or cl...
Nov 21, 2016

Alberta Tory leadership candidate Jason Kenney fined for breaking campaign rules
EDMONTON - Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives have fined leadership candidate Jason Kenney $5,000 for breaking the rules by showing up and running a hospitality suite near a meeting where votin...
Nov 21, 2016
Two Canadian lawyers take Chinese organ-harvesting claims to Australia
CANBERRA, Australia - Two Canadian lawyers came to Australia’s Parliament House on Monday to persuade lawmakers to pass a motion urging China to immediately end the practice of what they say is ...
Nov 21, 2016
Newfoundland driver's alleged failure to signal reveals $55,000 in fines
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland man facing $55,000 in outstanding fines may be adding to that whopping tally after police pulled him over for making an unsafe turn and failing to signal. Patro...
Nov 21, 2016

Tech giants rush to invest in Montreal artificial intelligence research lab
MONTREAL - Artificial intelligence, once relegated to the realm of science fiction, is now found in everything from translation services to virtual assistants to video games. And as companies race to ...
Nov 21, 2016
Five stories in the news Monday, Nov. 21
Five stories in the news for Monday, Nov. 21 --- CSIS SAYS MOSCOW AND BEIJING WANT TO STEAL CANADA’S SECRETS Canada’s spy agency is openly warning that Russia and China are out to steal th...
Nov 21, 2016

Moscow, Beijing targeting Canada's secret info and technology, spy agency warns
OTTAWA - Canada’s spy agency is openly warning that Russia and China are out to steal the country’s most prized secrets. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service, which rarely identifies...
Nov 21, 2016
Man brings complaint against Mississauga for racially insensitive team names
TORONTO - A Toronto-area man who filed a human rights complaint against an Ontario city in an effort to prevent local hockey teams from using indigenous names and symbols said Monday that he doesnR...
Nov 21, 2016

Expert warns Brent Hawkes' gross indecency trial about 'imagination inflation'
KENTVILLE, N.S. - The nature and fallibility of memory was the focus of Brent Hawkes’ gross indecency trial on Monday, in a case that has seen witnesses recounting events that happened more than...
Nov 21, 2016

Final arguments in 'knees together' sexual assault retrial put off for a day
CALGARY - Closing arguments in a sexual assault retrial that was ordered after controversial comments by a Calgary judge have been delayed for a day. Alexander Wagar was brought to court Monday for cl...
Nov 21, 2016