Category Archives: Canada
Another Alberta gas station attendant killed in gas and dash near Thorsby
THORSBY, Alta. - A gas station attendant was killed Friday afternoon after what police call a “gas and dash” at a fuel station in Thorsby, Alta. RCMP Sgt. Corey Kyle said it appears a driv...
Oct 06, 2017
Inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women names new executive director
VANCOUVER - The troubled inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has named a new executive director. Chief commissioner Marion Buller announced late Friday that former Assembly of...
Oct 06, 2017
Manitoba researcher mystified by murder of snakes he was studying
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba researcher is shocked that someone has slain more than 50 garter snakes at the site of his study. The sheer numbers of snakes in Manitoba’s Interlake has made the area worl...
Oct 06, 2017
Kinder Morgan pulls request for fish mats on Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
CALGARY - The company behind the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has dropped a request that the National Energy Board allow it to conduct some construction activity on the multi-billion dol...
Oct 06, 2017
NAFTA further imperilled by U.S. demand for stringent American auto content
OTTAWA - Pessimism about the fate of NAFTA is mounting amid dismay that the U.S. wants to impose stringent new American content requirements on vehicles that are allowed duty-free movement across Nort...
Oct 06, 2017
Canadian pleads guilty to terrorist charges in New York City:U.S. authorities
NEW YORK - U.S. authorities said a 19-year-old Canadian pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges in connection with what they call an ISIS-inspired plot to target landmarks in New York City more th...
Oct 06, 2017
Canada misses chance to ban toxic plastics chemicals: environment watchdog
OTTAWA - The federal government missed a crucial opportunity to protect Canadians from harmful chemicals that could interfere with fertility and behaviour, an environmental organization says. After a ...
Oct 06, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Oct. 6 --- BOMBARDIER HIT WITH HEFTY ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES: Bombardier has been slapped with more American duties on exports of its CSeries commercial jet. The ...
Oct 06, 2017
Pipelines, asylum seekers, tuberculosis: how politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - Parliament Hill was a swirl of fresh faces and a storm of news this week in the rush to get things done and square events away before the Thanksgiving break. In a sea of pageantry, the next G...
Oct 06, 2017
Man in Sweden charged with raping Cdn and other foreign girls over the internet
A man in Sweden is charged with raping girls in Canada and two other countries entirely through online contact, in what prosecutors are calling a potentially precedent-setting case. Bjorn Samstrom, wh...
Oct 06, 2017
