Category Archives: Canada
N.S. sends Boston its annual Christmas tree as thanks for aid 99 years ago
HALIFAX - A broad grin stretched across Dave MacFarlane’s face as he climbed into his rig and glanced back at the 14-metre white spruce tree splayed across the back of his flatbed. The Nova Scot...
Nov 16, 2016
Advocates call out Canada's twin pursuit of GHG cuts, fossil fuel expansion
OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s twin pursuits of expanded foreign markets for Canadian fossil fuels and global action on climate change are getting some unfavourable notice at an international...
Nov 16, 2016
Canadians destroy explosives-laden vehicles with anti-armour missiles in Iraq
OTTAWA - Canadian troops supporting Kurdish allies have destroyed three explosive-laden vehicles with anti-armour missiles, senior military officials revealed Wednesday, as they started lifting the ve...
Nov 16, 2016
Bank of Canada says central bank does not need to move in step with U.S. Fed
WATERLOO, Ont. - An increase in interest rates by the U.S. Federal Reserve will affect Canada, but Bank of Canada deputy governor Timothy Lane says that doesn’t mean the central bank is under an...
Nov 16, 2016
Crown witness at Applebaum corruption trial quizzed over relationship with cops
MONTREAL - The Crown’s key witness at ex-Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum’s corruption trial says he was often conflicted about working with police against his former boss and that it took...
Nov 16, 2016
Appeal denied for man who tortured, maimed, starved and assaulted roommate
CALGARY - Alberta’s top court has upheld the conviction of a man who tortured and starved his roommate and business partner before dropping him off near death at a hospital. The three-member Alb...
Nov 16, 2016
Catastrophic rail failure caused train derailment in Saskatchewan: TSB
SASKATOON - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a “sudden and catastrophic failure” of a rail caused a fiery train derailment in Saskatchewan. The board says a rail that broke d...
Nov 16, 2016
Couillard opposes plans to build Muslim residential community near Montreal
MARRAKECH, Morocco - Quebec’s premier is opposed to a developer’s controversial proposal to build a Muslim housing community on Montreal’s south shore. Philippe Couillard says the co...
Nov 16, 2016
Canada, Mexico talked before making separate NAFTA overtures to Trump
WASHINGTON - Canada and Mexico reached out to each other while preparing similar public messages last week about being willing to engage U.S. president-elect Donald Trump in discussing amendments to t...
Nov 16, 2016
No reports of damage after earthquake rumbles across southwestern Yukon
HAINES JUNCTION, Yukon - Seismologists have upgraded the magnitude of an earthquake that has occurred in a remote area of southwestern Yukon. Earthquakes Canada says the magnitude is now measured at 5...
Nov 16, 2016