Category Archives: Canada
Energy East still needed despite approval for western pipelines: N.B. premier
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s premier says there’s still a strong need for the proposed Energy East pipeline despite the federal government’s approval of two pipeline expansions in w...
Dec 05, 2016
'I failed and I admit that:' Mother who treated son holistically testifies
CALGARY - A woman who treated her son with dandelion tea and oil of oregano before he died testified Monday that she didn’t understand how sick he really was and that he was still alive when she...
Dec 05, 2016
Competition Bureau ups bid-rigging work to protect federal infrastructure cash
OTTAWA - The Competition Bureau of Canada says its efforts to identify and prevent bid rigging in construction contracts this year has already turned up potential criminal activity - just as new feder...
Dec 05, 2016
American consumers would be hurt by lumber duties, say U.S. housing groups
MONTREAL - The imposition of import tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber will place a heavy burden on consumers and U.S. workers, a leading American voice for free trade with Canada says. The U.S. Nati...
Dec 05, 2016
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley heads to B.C. on Monday, spokeswoman confirms
EDMONTON - A spokeswoman for Rachel Notley says the Alberta premier will visit British Columbia on Monday. Cheryl Oates confirmed the visit would occur when she was asked via text over the weekend, bu...
Dec 05, 2016
Trial hears sect followers could foresee girls moved to U.S. for sexual purpose
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Three followers of a polygamous sect accused of taking girls across the border could have foreseen that sexual contact with older men would be a likely consequence of their actions, ...
Dec 05, 2016
PQ wins two of four byelections and keeps Pierre Karl Peladeau's seat
MONTREAL - The Opposition Parti Quebecois retained two ridings in byelections Monday as Jean-Francois Lisee passed his first major test since becoming leader of the sovereigntist party two months ago....
Dec 05, 2016
University class takes on case of B.C. woman stripped of citizenship
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A group of university students in Squamish, B.C., is hoping their school work will help change the life of a woman whose Canadian citizenship was stripped under a little-known policy....
Dec 04, 2016
Public schools in Nova Scotia could be closed for up to a week: education minister
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s education minister expects public schools to be closed for up to a week starting Monday, depending on the passage of a bill that would impose a contract on the union repr...
Dec 04, 2016
Ralliers at Chris Alexander speech call for Alberta premier to be locked up
Federal Conservative leadership hopeful Chris Alexander says he didn’t stop a crowd calling for Alberta Premier Rachel Notley to be locked up because politicians need to listen to constituents. ...
Dec 04, 2016