Category Archives: Canada
Elections Yukon seeks RCMP probe of alleged Election Act violation
WHITEHORSE - Elections Yukon has asked the RCMP to investigate a possible offence under the Elections Act just a week before voters in the territory head to the polls in a general election. The non-pa...
Nov 01, 2016
Defence minister to visit Mali as Liberals debate where to send peacekeepers
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will travel to Mali and Senegal later this week as the Liberal government considers where to send hundreds of Canadian peacekeepers. The stop in Mali is notewor...
Nov 01, 2016
Transcript of 911 call: 'There's a python that got out and killed the two kids'
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - The following is a transcript of the 911 call made by Jean-Claude Savoie after a python killed two sleeping boys in his apartment above Reptile Ocean, a pet store he owned in Campb...
Nov 01, 2016
By the Numbers: A look at Alberta's rising emissions from the oilsands
CALGARY - The Alberta government introduced legislation Tuesday that would cap annual emissions from the oilsands industry to 100 megatonnes. Here’s a look at how emissions from the oilsands hav...
Nov 01, 2016
Saskatchewan First Nation wants to hear from girls to thwart suicide crisis
LA RONGE, Sask. - The leader of a Saskatchewan First Nation says people are struggling to understand why so many young indigenous girls are killing themselves. Since the middle of October, six girls b...
Nov 01, 2016
Alberta introduces bill to cap oilsands emissions at 100 megatonnes a year
EDMONTON - The legal rubber has hit the road on Alberta’s promise to cap greenhouse gas emissions from the oilsands - the engine of the province’s economy. Environment Minister Shannon Phi...
Nov 01, 2016
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Nov. 1 MORNEAU SAYS DEBT TO RISE BY BILLIONS: Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the country is on track to pile another $31.8 billion onto the national debt...
Nov 01, 2016
Molson Coors thinking 'very carefully' about legalization of marijuana
MONTREAL - Molson Coors says it is looking to Colorado for insight on the possible effects the legalization of marijuana in Canada could have on its beer sales. Stewart Glendinning, CEO of Molson Coor...
Nov 01, 2016
Liberals edge Tories in fundraising as NDP donations dry up in third quarter
OTTAWA - The federal NDP’s money woes have gone from bad to worse as donations continued to dry up during the third quarter of this year. According to financial reports filed with Elections Cana...
Nov 01, 2016
By the Numbers: A legalized marijuana market
OTTAWA - A look at some of the numbers associated with a legalized recreational marijuana market in Canada as compiled by the parliamentary budget officer: 655 - The number of metric tonnes of marijua...
Nov 01, 2016