Category Archives: Canada
Nova Scotia buildings to feed solar power to grid under new program
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia - a province often perceived as rainy and windswept - is testing its potential for solar energy generation. Peter Craig, a provincial Energy Department official who helped unveil...
Nov 10, 2017
Trudeau holds "very direct" talk with Myanmar's Suu Kyi about state-led violence
DANANG, Vietnam - Justin Trudeau used a face-to-face meeting Friday with Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi to lay out some of the evidence he has seen on the state-led violence that has shaken h...
Nov 10, 2017
Ottawa proposing legal weed tax of at least $1 per gram, plus GST/HST
Ottawa and the provinces and territories could have another $1 billion a year in tax revenues to split after pot becomes legal next year. Liberal MP Bill Blair, former Toronto police chief and the Tru...
Nov 10, 2017
Big O's new roof a reminder of the past and a sign of confidence in the future
MONTREAL - A new roof for Montreal’s Olympic Stadium will serve as a reminder of the perils of unchecked ambition and vanity but also as a sign of confidence in the future, says the head of the ...
Nov 10, 2017
Driver owes $158K in fines: 'You never know what you're going to find'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland police are calling it “extraordinary”- officers recently stopped a driver who owes $158,000 in unpaid fines. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says ...
Nov 10, 2017
Ontario provincial park closed 'until further notice' due to land claim demonstration
A southwestern Ontario provincial park has been closed to the public after demonstrators set up a trailer at the front gate in support of what police said was a land claim. The trailer was parked at t...
Nov 10, 2017
Newfoundland woman says paperwork gaffe nixed costly bid to reunite with family
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland woman says one wrong checked box in a stack of paperwork wiped out thousands of dollars and years of effort to bring her family to Canada from India. Leena Raju...
Nov 10, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, Nov. 10
Seven stories in the news for Friday, Nov. 10 --- PM TRUDEAU HOLDS BILATERAL TALKS AT APEC SUMMIT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held bilateral meetings today with the president of Mexico and the prime...
Nov 10, 2017
Chinese-Canadian veterans fought in secret WWII unit and helped changed laws
VANCOUVER - Giant monkeys in the jungle are what Ronald Lee remembers most about his Second World War “adventure” in Burma as part of a dangerous and secret British-led operation. “T...
Nov 10, 2017
Out of the shadows: Canada's special forces face unique mental-health challenges
OTTAWA - Retired Sgt. Toby Miller can easily remember the day he was injured by an improvised-explosive device in Afghanistan. It was April 2, 2011 - his 41st birthday, and the beginning of the end of...
Nov 10, 2017
