Category Archives: Canada
Vancouver summit to set sights on combating use of child soldiers
Vancouver is poised to become a symbol for protecting children and preventing the use of child soldiers when a series of commitments bearing the city’s name is rolled out at this week’s pe...
Nov 14, 2017
McKenna uses Twitter to troll coal from Bonn during U.S. event promoting it
OTTAWA - A U.S. effort to stoke the fires of coal-powered electricity didn’t escape the attention of Canada’s environment minister Monday as Catherine McKenna used her Twitter account to t...
Nov 14, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, Nov. 14
Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 14 --- TRUDEAU PURSUES SEAT AT ASIAN SECURITY TABLE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a sales pitch to core members of the Association of Southeast As...
Nov 14, 2017
Drug users, first responders share stories from the overdose crisis' front lines
VANCOUVER - More than a month had passed before Antonette Rea found the note her young friend had written her before fatally overdosing earlier this year. “Thank you so much for saving my life,&...
Nov 14, 2017
Montrealers say siren system to warn of industrial leak not distinctive enough
MONTREAL - A siren system that was tested on Tuesday and designed to alert Montrealers about any major industrial accident was too weak and not distinctive enough, according to some citizens. A series...
Nov 14, 2017
'Knees together' former judge Robin Camp to ask for return to law practice
CALGARY - A former judge who asked why a rape complainant didn’t resist by keeping her knees together says he would like to rejoin the legal profession, telling a Law Society of Alberta reinstat...
Nov 14, 2017
Trudeau raises concerns, 'angers' Duterte over bloody Filipino drug war
MANILA, Philippines - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau directly raised human-rights concerns with Rodrigo Duterte - including extrajudicial killings carried out by security forces in his country - in a c...
Nov 13, 2017
B.C. residents call on Parks Canada to consider other options, not kill beavers
PENDER ISLAND, B.C. - A battle over beavers is brewing on South Pender Island, B.C., where residents are vowing to save the animals from being destroyed. The beavers have been building their own dams ...
Nov 13, 2017
Nebraska regulators to vote on TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline next week
LINCOLN, Neb. - A decision on the last major regulatory hurdle for TransCanada (TSX:TRP) in its nine-year quest to complete the Keystone XL pipeline will be made next week. The Nebraska Public Service...
Nov 13, 2017
Cenovus agrees to sell Saskatchewan enhanced oil recovery assets to Whitecap
CALGARY - Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX:CVE) says it is selling its majority stake in a Saskatchewan enhanced-oil recovery project to Calgary-based Whitecap Resources Inc. (TSX:WCP) for $940 million. The d...
Nov 13, 2017
