Category Archives: Canada
Environmentalists say genetically modified salmon likely sold in Quebec
MONTREAL - Environmental groups say the first shipment of genetically modified salmon in the world arrived in Canada earlier this year and likely ended up on the plates of Quebec consumers. An investi...
Oct 12, 2017
Poor security controls led to camera breach at Nova Scotia school, report finds
HALIFAX - A lack of basic security measures led to Cape Breton schoolchildren being live streamed on the internet via school surveillance cameras, Nova Scotia’s information and privacy commissio...
Oct 12, 2017
Falling Toronto market drags down Teranet-National Bank home price index
TORONTO - Falling home prices in Toronto in September dragged down the Teranet-National Bank national composite house price index as it posted its first monthly decline since January 2016. The nationa...
Oct 12, 2017
Unifor: GM threat to ramp up Mexican production is 'slap in the face' for Canada
TORONTO - General Motors said Thursday it was backed into a corner when it told Unifor it may shift more production of one of its best-selling vehicles to Mexico, a move the union’s president sa...
Oct 12, 2017
Canadian-American family held captive by Taliban-linked group released
A Canadian man, his American wife and their three young children born during the couple’s five years in captivity were freed in a Pakistani commando raid and shootout, authorities announced Thur...
Oct 12, 2017
Transportation Safety Board investigating grounding of bulk carrier in N.B.
BELLEDUNE, N.B. - The Transportation Safety Board says a large bulk carrier that became stuck on a shoal in New Brunswick has been freed. Pierre Murray, the agency’s regional manager of marine o...
Oct 12, 2017
Police called in to dispose of Second World War shells from museum
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The discovery of two war-time shells set off jitters at a Newfoundland museum, amid concerns they may still be live. Staff at The Rooms museum in St. John’s found the sh...
Oct 12, 2017
Google goes to end of the Earth in new Street View of Ellesmere Island
It’s official. Google Street View has now gone to the ends of the Earth. As part of a deal with Parks Canada, the internet giant is now showcasing Street View images of one of the remotest place...
Oct 12, 2017
Five stories in the news for today, Oct. 12
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Oct. 12 --- PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU TURNS ATTENTION TO MEXICO Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving one country whose political leaders are mixed about saving ...
Oct 12, 2017
Canada aligning with U.K. to fight global growth in coal-fired electricity
OTTAWA - Canada and the United Kingdom are aligning to help wean the world off coal at the same time as the United States is proposing to subsidize it. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced...
Oct 12, 2017
