Category Archives: Canada
Quebec creates huge new protected area for caribou in province's north
QUEBEC - Environmental groups are celebrating the Quebec government’s announcement of a huge new protected area intended to preserve caribou habitat in the province’s north. The province s...
Nov 28, 2017
Man accused in B.C. police officer's death appears in Abbotsford court
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A man charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a British Columbia police officer appeared for the first time in court on Tuesday. Oscar Arfmann, 65, of Alberta, is ...
Nov 28, 2017
ExxonMobil's Hebron platform pumps first oil off Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - First oil has been pumped at the $14-billion Hebron offshore oil platform off Newfoundland and Labrador, officials with ExxonMobil Canada announced Tuesday. The company said t...
Nov 28, 2017
Finance minister Morneau rejects Tory insinuation, threatens legal action
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau is threatening to sue the Conservatives for suggesting he used his inside knowledge of a pending tax change announcement in 2015 to sell off stocks before their ...
Nov 28, 2017
Search for small plane missing in southern B.C. will resume Wednesday
VICTORIA - Searchers say they’re still looking for new clues three days after a small plane with two people on board vanished in southeastern British Columbia. Lt. Melissa Kia with the Victoria ...
Nov 28, 2017
Alberta still on track for $10.3B deficit, but signs point to growing economy
EDMONTON - Alberta remains on track to rack up a $10.3-billion deficit this year but Finance Minister Joe Ceci says the economy is rebounding and it’s time public sector workers step up to help ...
Nov 28, 2017
Dalhousie students offered emergency hijab kits after women report attacks
HALIFAX - The Dalhousie Student Union is offering emergency hijab kits after Muslim women on campus reportedly had their head coverings pulled off and spat on, but the university says it doesn’t...
Nov 28, 2017
Court denies CSIS request for telecom subscriber info of possible future targets
OTTAWA - A federal judge has rejected the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s request to obtain basic information about unknown phone and internet subscribers who may come to the spy agency...
Nov 28, 2017
Softwood lumber: Canada takes its complaint to the World Trade Organization
WASHINGTON - Canada is taking its softwood lumber case to the World Trade Organization, setting in motion a potentially years-long fight against the United States before the international commercial b...
Nov 28, 2017
Winnipeg mother's objection triggers toy's removal from chain's shelves
WINNIPEG - Michaels, the big arts and crafts supply store, is removing a toy depicting cowboys and Indigenous people from its shelves after a Winnipeg mother complained they were offensive. Erin Vanda...
Nov 28, 2017
