Category Archives: Canada
By the numbers: coal-fired electricity generation in Canada and elsewhere
OTTAWA - A by-the-numbers look at coal and coal-fired electricity production in Canada and around the world in 2015. 62 million tonnes: Amount of coal mined in Canada. 7.9 billion tonnes: Amount of co...
Nov 16, 2017
TransCanada Keystone pipeline leaks 795,000 litres of crude oil in South Dakota
CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. said its original Keystone pipeline has leaked an estimated 795,000 litres of oil in Marshall County, S.D. just days before Nebraska is set to decide the fate of plans to e...
Nov 16, 2017
Horgan pushes Trudeau to pay its share of $750 million wildfire bill
VANCOUVER - Premier John Horgan says he and Justin Trudeau are “besties,” but that didn’t stop him for applying some pressure on the prime minister Thursday to squeeze more money out...
Nov 16, 2017
First Nations want Saskatchewan government to compensate '60s Scoop survivors
REGINA - The head of the organization that represents Saskatchewan First Nations says he appreciates that the province wants to apologize to victims of the ’60s Scoop, but says there must be com...
Nov 16, 2017
Laurier launches third-party investigation after TA plays clip of gender debate
TORONTO - An Ontario university that has raised eyebrows among those concerned with questions of academic freedom has engaged a third-party investigator to probe an incident involving one of its teach...
Nov 16, 2017
Millard claimed he bought incinerator for pet cremation biz, uncle says story false
TORONTO - A man accused of murdering a young Toronto woman and burning her remains in a massive animal incinerator had been telling people in the weeks before her disappearance that he was buying the ...
Nov 16, 2017
U.S. payroll firm challenges Statistics Canada with alternative employment data
TORONTO - An inaugural private-sector Canadian jobs report calculates that the economy actually shed jobs last month, contrary to the sizable gain reported two weeks ago by Statistics Canada. The Cana...
Nov 16, 2017
Toronto drug squad officer dies of a fentanyl overdose, police say
TORONTO - An officer with the Toronto police drug squad died of a fentanyl overdose earlier this year, with the amount of the opioid found in his system being too much to have been from mere contact w...
Nov 16, 2017
Quebec company touts lean nutrition and 'unique' taste of seal meat
Jonas Gilbart likes his seal steaks rare on the inside with a hard sear on the outside. “I love the taste and I love the nutritional benefits,” he said of a meat choice that’s still ...
Nov 16, 2017
S&P bond rating agency hands B.C. highest mark, confirming healthy economy
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s finance minister is pointing to what she says is another confirmation of the province’s healthy economy. Bond rating agency Standard and Poor’s has conf...
Nov 16, 2017
