Category Archives: Canada
Indigenous leaders praise Gord Downie for calling attention to their plight
TORONTO - Leaders of Canada’s indigenous community say they feel stunned and grateful to Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie for training the spotlight on issues plaguing First Nations. Downie s...
Aug 23, 2016
Leading researcher in Newfoundland calls for closure of the capelin fishery
HALIFAX - They are tiny fish that feed the mightiest of mammals - and they’re in trouble. Capelin travel in large schools off Canada’s east coast and are the preferred food of many species...
Aug 23, 2016
Quebec Libs choose young businesswoman for byelection in Peladeau's old riding
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - The Quebec Liberals have chosen a 29-year-old businesswoman to run in a provincial byelection in ex-Parti Quebecois leader Pierre Karl Peladeau’s old riding. Naomie Goyette ...
Aug 23, 2016
The Conservative leadership race: who is in, out and still undecided
OTTAWA - The list of those interested in running for leadership of the Conservative Party continues to grow as party members emerge from summer holiday and begin campaigning in earnest. Here’s a...
Aug 23, 2016
Ottawa's economic advisers to meet Morneau to discuss Canada's weak growth
OTTAWA - A team of federal advisers recruited to help resurrect Canada’s sagging economic growth has been exploring opportunities around trade, infrastructure, innovation and labour markets, say...
Aug 23, 2016
Fire adds to deficit: Key numbers in Alberta's first-quarter fiscal update
EDMONTON - Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci released revised budget estimates Tuesday in his 2016-17 first-quarter fiscal update. Here are some key numbers: $10.9 billion - Alberta’s estimated ...
Aug 23, 2016
Fort McMurray wildfire adds $500M to Alberta's projected deficit
EDMONTON - The devastating Fort McMurray wildfire is expected to torch Alberta’s bottom line by about $500 million this year. Finance Minister Joe Ceci says he has had to revise the projected de...
Aug 23, 2016
Workers find moulted snake skin in drain as reptile eludes capture in Victoria
VICTORIA - Works crews in Victoria have extracted moulted skin from a storm drain where a stubborn corn snake has been hiding for several days. The snake, estimated at about two metres in length, was ...
Aug 23, 2016
Race needs an outsider, Toronto Tory says in launching her bid for leadership
OTTAWA - The list of candidates for Conservative leadership is broadening beyond current and former MPs with the entrance of a Toronto communications consultant who says she believes an outside perspe...
Aug 23, 2016
Venezuela ordered to pay Vancouver-based mining firm more than US$1.2 billion
An international arbitration tribunal has ordered Venezuela to pay a Vancouver-based mining company more than US$1.2 billion for expropriating its gold mines. Venezuela took over Rusoro Mining’s...
Aug 23, 2016