Category Archives: Canada
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
Proposals being made at NAFTA table won't send Canada away: Trudeau
MEXICO CITY - The leaders of Canada and Mexico said Thursday they’re not walking away from NAFTA talks in the wake of the latest aggressive proposal from the U.S. Both Prime Minister Justin Trud...
Oct 12, 2017
University of Calgary conflict report a vindication: departed academic
A professor who left the University of Calgary over how the school handled a corporate-funded sustainability institute says he sees his concerned echoed in a report that found major problems with the ...
Oct 12, 2017
Supreme Court hears arguments over breath sample case in Edmonton
OTTAWA - The lawyer for a man charged in a fatal crash that killed a toddler has told the Supreme Court his client has been through enough. Richard Suter is appealing his 26-month sentence for refusin...
Oct 11, 2017
Saskatoon Health Region responds to proposed sterilization lawsuit
SASKATOON - The Saskatoon Health Region has issued a statement on a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging Indigenous women were coerced into undergoing tubal ligations. SHR officials say they respect...
Oct 11, 2017
First Nations day students move towards settlement in residential school dispute
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Three First Nations say they have reached a memorandum of understanding with the federal government that could keep their bid to include day students in a settlement for residential s...
Oct 11, 2017
Alberta to ban people from under 18 from using UV tanning beds on Jan. 1
EDMONTON - After years of lobbying by health groups Alberta is finally moving to ban young people from using indoor tanning beds over growing fears about skin cancer. The government says youths under ...
Oct 11, 2017
Manitoba may have wiggle room in carbon tax fight with federal government
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says it appears the federal government has the right to force a carbon tax on the provinces, but there may be some wiggle room when it comes to the exact am...
Oct 11, 2017
Social conservative policies off limits at Ontario Tory convention
TORONTO - The leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives, a largely unknown politician who polls suggest could be the province’s next premier, says social conservative issues will be of...
Oct 11, 2017
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Oct. 11 --- TRUDEAU GETS WARM RECEPTION IN WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has welcomed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the White House by hinting at the possibi...
Oct 11, 2017
