Category Archives: Canada
Via Rail to comply with CTA ruling, says it will allow 2 mobility aids on trains
TORONTO - Via Rail says it will no longer resist an order from the Canadian Transportation Agency and will double its capacity to accommodate wheelchairs on all its trains across the country. The nati...
Dec 20, 2017
Online outrage after Canadian TV host kills cougar in northern Alberta
EDMONTON - A Canadian TV personality is taking heat online after he killed a cougar in northern Alberta. Steve Ecklund, who’s the host of the outdoor show “The Edge,” bragged about h...
Dec 20, 2017
Some key quotes after ethics watchdog's ruling that Trudeau broke conflict rules
OTTAWA - Here’s a selection of some quotes Wednesday after the federal ethics commissioner concluded that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated conflict of interest rules when he vacationed at ...
Dec 20, 2017
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Dec. 20 --- TRUDEAU VIOLATES CONFLICT OF INTEREST RULES: The federal ethics commissioner has ruled that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated conflict of ...
Dec 20, 2017
UNB researchers receive $4.3 million to develop smart-grid technology
FREDERICTON - Scientists in one of Canada's snowiest cities will help a sunny Caribbean island switch to a green energy grid, leaving fossil fuels in its wake. University of New Brunswick researchers ...
Dec 20, 2017
Both engines running when plane crashed in remote northern Saskatchewan: TSB
WINNIPEG - Investigators have eliminated engine failure as the cause of a passenger plane crash in northern Saskatchewan. All 25 people on board the West Wind Aviation plane survived, albeit seven wit...
Dec 20, 2017
Ottawa studies risk of pathogen transfers to wild sockeye from fish farms
VICTORIA - New research released by the federal government says there are minimal risks of farmed Atlantic salmon from British Columbia’s Discovery Islands transferring a deadly viral disease to...
Dec 20, 2017
Fewer border crossers being granted asylum as case backlogs increase
OTTAWA - Fewer asylum seekers who entered Canada illegally this year are being granted refugee status. As of the end of November, the Immigration and Refugee Board says 16,522 asylum claims were recei...
Dec 20, 2017
Canadian railway industry waiting for proven technology to prevent crashes
MONTREAL - Canada’s railway industry is waiting for the development of better technology before installing devices in this country that could slow trains to prevent accidents like the recent Amt...
Dec 20, 2017
Police seeking 'older' man not seen since Hamilton Good Samaritan shooting
HAMILTON - Police in Hamilton say they’re looking for an older man who was allegedly being accosted before a Good Samaritan came to his aid and was fatally shot. On Wednesday, investigators rele...
Dec 20, 2017
