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UN says Canada's plan to rescue Wood Buffalo National Park not enough
The status of Canada's largest park as a World Heritage Site remains wobbly after a United Nations body expressed grave doubts about a federal plan to rescue it. "Considerably more effo...
Jun 15, 2019
Federal government making electronic logs mandatory for truck, bus drivers
ETOBICOKE, Ont. - Transport Canada says it will require all commercial drivers to have electronic logging devices - one of the recommendations from a coroner's report into the Humboldt Broncos bu...
Jun 15, 2019
Metals mines, accounting for most federal enviro assessments, OK with Bill C-69
OTTAWA - The head of the Mining Association of Canada says the hotly contested federal environmental assessment bill is welcome in the industry it will affect the most. "This promises to be a better s...
Jun 15, 2019
Montreal borough reverts to Fete nationale festival name after uproar
Montreal festival organizers have learned the hard way that trying to rebrand Quebec's Fete nationale celebrations simply doesn't fly in these parts. The organizers of the first Festival du Solst...
Jun 15, 2019
Data show alcohol the main cause of substance-related deaths in hospital
VANCOUVER - Heavy drinking landed Dawn Nickel in the emergency department four times - twice for alcohol poisoning and two more times when she took pills with alcohol to try and kill herself. "I had n...
Jun 15, 2019
Relationship with Metis Nation a model for reconciliation: Trudeau
OTTAWA - The Canadian government's relationship with the Metis Nation is a tangible and concrete example of reconciliation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. At a meeting known as the ...
Jun 15, 2019
Freeland rebuffs China on Meng in Washington, ahead of Trudeau- Trump meeting
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland firmly rebuffed China's latest demand Thursday to free high-tech scion Meng Wanzhou, saying it would set a dangerous precedent that could endanger a...
Jun 15, 2019
House of Commons unanimously adopts new parental-leave policy for MPs
OTTAWA - For the first time ever, members of Parliament will have the right to take paid parental leave from their jobs on Parliament Hill when they adopt or give birth. The House of Commons...
Jun 15, 2019
Sun Peaks pop-up weddings cutting down expense of mountain nuptials
SUN PEAKS - Sun Peaks Resort is now offering a way for couples looking for an affordable wedding option to say 'I do' in the mountains. August 10, the Sun Peaks Grand will host a number of pop-up wedd...
Jun 15, 2019 Image Credit: Sun Peaks Resort
Charges after car slams into office helping flood victims in Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac
MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been charged after a vehicle slammed into an office Wednesday where government employees and volunteers were trying to help flood victims in hard-hit Ste-Marthe-s...
Jun 15, 2019
