Category Archives: Canada
Panel poses six questions for federal approval of Trans Mountain pipeline
CALGARY - A panel struck last May to identify gaps in reviews of the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion says the government must answer six key questions before deciding the fate of the $6.8-b...
Nov 03, 2016

Key question on budget decisions, says Morneau: Do they grow the economy?
OTTAWA - Any new spending measures being pitched for the federal budget will have to demonstrate potential to help grow the economy if they expect to find favour with the Liberal government, Canada...
Nov 03, 2016

Federal government provides $2.9B loan guarantee support for Muskrat Falls
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The federal government is providing another $2.9 billion in loan guarantees for the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project — a move Newfoundland and Labrador’s premie...
Nov 03, 2016
Nova Scotia teachers ask labour minister to name mediator to resolve dispute
HALIFAX - The union representing Nova Scotia’s public school teachers took the next step in an increasingly fractious contract dispute Thursday, asking the provincial labour minister to appoint ...
Nov 03, 2016
'Far from perfect,' but Trump backers in Canada see him as the best choice
TORONTO - They don’t always like what they see or hear but Canadians hoping Donald Trump becomes the next U.S. president believe him to be a straight shooter that will bring economic and other b...
Nov 03, 2016

Kinder Morgan Canada president doesn't know if humans causing climate change
VANCOUVER - The president of the company that hopes to build the $6.8-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion says he doesn’t know whether humans are contributing to climate change. Kinder Mor...
Nov 03, 2016

'It might just be rather simple:' Research math links sea ice, CO2 emissions
New research is cutting through the confusion on disappearing Arctic sea ice by replacing complex computer models with simple math that links everyday activities to the health of Earth’s climate...
Nov 03, 2016

Homeless fear backlash after drifter accused in deadly high school stabbing
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The homeless population living in a British Columbia community that is reeling from a deadly high school stabbing is worried about being targeted in a backlash, says a pastor who wo...
Nov 03, 2016

Advocates urge Liberal government to reduce number of women in prison
OTTAWA - Sometimes when she goes to the grocery store, all Alia Pierini can do is sit in the parking lot, unable to bear the idea of going inside. She tries a different store, but Pierini, 31, often e...
Nov 03, 2016
Falling costs allow Canadian Natural to restart stalled oilsands project
CALGARY - Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) is hitting the restart button on a thermal oilsands project it suspended nearly two years ago, counting on lower costs to shave $100 million from the ori...
Nov 03, 2016