Category Archives: Canada
B.C. researchers develop spray-on solution to costly quake conundrum
VANCOUVER - It was while flipping through British Columbia’s seismic upgrade guidelines at the beginning of his civil engineering master’s degree that Salman Soleimani-Dashtaki first reali...
Oct 10, 2017
Self-driving Ubers could still be many years away, says research head
MONTREAL - The head of Uber’s new self-driving vehicle lab says a viable, on-demand autonomous commercial transportation service remains a long-term goal. “Having self-driving cars at a sm...
Oct 10, 2017
Local man charged with murder in death of Canadian killed in Belize:police
COROZAL, Belize - Police in Belize say they have charged a 52-year-old man with murder in the shooting death of a Canadian man last week. Spokesman Raphael Martinez says officers arrested Apolonio Kio...
Oct 10, 2017
Nova Scotia fines Northern Pulp mill about $700 for failing stack test
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia pulp mill has been fined nearly $700 by the province after flunking a stack test in June, but the amount has the premier questioning whether it’s enough of a deterrent. E...
Oct 10, 2017
Rocker Roger Waters lends star power to Ecuadorians' $9.5B Chevron fight
TORONTO - Two groups of Indigenous Ecuadorian villagers, backed by some star power from legendary British rocker Roger Waters, faced off briefly against oil giant Chevron in a Canadian court Tuesday a...
Oct 10, 2017
Todd Stone joins B.C. Liberal leadership race, which now has eight candidates
VICTORIA - The latest hopeful to run for the leadership of British Columbia’s Liberals spoke candidly Tuesday about the elephant in the room that contributed to the party’s downfall after ...
Oct 10, 2017
TV pundit who joked about hunting Quebec separatists didn't commit crime: cops
MONTREAL - Police say a well-known political commentator who joked on TV about hunting Quebec separatists didn’t commit any crime. Luc Lavoie, a one-time spokesman for Brian Mulroney and a longt...
Oct 10, 2017
Second lobster boat torched amid tensions over Aboriginal fishery in Nova Scotia
SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - A Nova Scotia fisherman whose boat was stolen and burned Monday says he believes it was targeted because he is Aboriginal, as tensions continue over the Indigenous fishery in the...
Oct 10, 2017
Alberta to offer Arabic bilingual program across province next fall
EDMONTON - The Alberta government will be offering an Arabic language curriculum across the province next year. Alberta Education is working to develop the bilingual program with Edmonton Public Schoo...
Oct 10, 2017
Census: Median income in four of five Indigenous communities below poverty line
OTTAWA - Four out of every five Aboriginal reserves have median incomes that fall below the poverty line, according to income data from the 2016 census that provides insight into the depth of poverty ...
Oct 10, 2017
