Category Archives: Canada
Girl who died after being hit by Calgary commuter train wandered off: parents
CALGARY - The father of a six-year old girl who died after being hit by a light-rail transit train says she wandered off as her mother was getting their children ready for school. The girl, who has be...
Oct 16, 2018
Industrial activities should be prohibited in marine protected areas: panel
HALIFAX - Oil and gas exploration and bottom-trawling fishing should be prohibited in the marine protected areas off Canada’s coasts, a federal advisory panel says. In a final report released Tu...
Oct 16, 2018
Quebec's government-run cannabis stores opt for control over customer experience
MONTREAL - When Quebec’s state-run cannabis outlets open Wednesday morning, they will offer some 110 products - from containers of pre-rolled Tsunami brand joints to small vials of cannabis oil....
Oct 16, 2018
Girl who died after being hit by Calgary commuter train wandered off: parents
CALGARY - The father of a six-year old girl who died after being hit by a light-rail transit train says she wandered off as her mother was getting their children ready for school. The girl, who has be...
Oct 16, 2018
Industrial activities should be prohibited in marine protected areas: panel
HALIFAX - Oil and gas exploration and bottom-trawling fishing should be prohibited in the marine protected areas off Canada’s coasts, a federal advisory panel says. In a final report released Tu...
Oct 16, 2018
Ford criticizes PM over pot, says cops need reliable equipment to test for pot
Ontario’s premier is criticizing the federal government over cannabis a day before recreational pot becomes legal, saying police aren’t equipped to reliably screen for drug-impaired drivin...
Oct 16, 2018
B.C. finance minister says speculation tax brings balance to housing crisis
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s proposed speculation and vacancy tax is aimed at cooling an overheated real estate market and convincing owners of vacant homes in some urban areas to either sell o...
Oct 16, 2018
Ford criticizes PM over pot, says cops need reliable equipment to test for pot
Ontario’s premier is criticizing the federal government over cannabis a day before recreational pot becomes legal, saying police aren’t equipped to reliably screen for drug-impaired drivin...
Oct 16, 2018
B.C. finance minister says speculation tax brings balance to housing crisis
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s proposed speculation and vacancy tax is aimed at cooling an overheated real estate market and convincing owners of vacant homes in some urban areas to either sell o...
Oct 16, 2018
Half of Canadian homeowners say cannabis use will hurt property values: poll
TORONTO - More than half of Canadian homeowners recently surveyed say they would be less likely to consider a property if they knew cannabis had been grown inside, according to a poll released Tuesday...
Oct 16, 2018
