Category Archives: Canada

Hearings begin for First Nations, environmental group opposed to Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER - Several First Nations, municipalities and environmental groups that are opposed to the approval process of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in British Columbia will be arguing their p...
Kayla Derkach Oct 01, 2017

'A lost opportunity:' Alberta urged to enforce law on child abuse reporting
CALGARY - An Alberta law that fines or imprisons people who don’t report cases of child abuse or neglect has never been used, something advocates say is a “lost opportunity.” Under t...
Kayla Derkach Oct 01, 2017

Toronto bars carrying naloxone kits in face of growing opioid crisis
TORONTO - Within days of opening her new bar in west-end Toronto, Carmen Elle had equipped the venue with what she considers a key piece of equipment: a naloxone kit. Elle, who is also a musician, sai...
Kayla Derkach Oct 01, 2017

Alberta chasmosaur fossil could shed light on the strange-looking horned beast
Two years after paleontologist Jordan Mallon of the Canadian Museum of Nature and his team discovered the skull of a chasmosaur while going through a dinosaur bonebed in Alberta, he finally got to see...
Kayla Derkach Oct 01, 2017
Canada needs to nurture local tech champions and protect research, says AI pioneer
MONTREAL - Some of the biggest names in tech are lining up to join Montreal’s burgeoning artificial intelligence cluster, but harnessing the sector’s full potential depends on creating hom...
Kayla Derkach Oct 01, 2017
Quebec City byelection a test for party leaders ahead of 2018 election
MONTREAL - With just about a year to go before the next provincial election, the leaders of Quebec’s political parties will be paying close attention to the results of Monday’s byelection ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 01, 2017

More public transit still needed on Highway of Tears, community members say
SMITHERS, B.C. - On a recent crisp fall morning, a compact white shuttle bus rolled to a stop just off the Yellowhead Highway. Four people hastily exited and began to walk briskly toward their destina...
Kayla Derkach Oct 01, 2017

Accused in Amanda Lindhout kidnapping faces trial nine years after events
OTTAWA - More than nine years after journalist Amanda Lindhout was taken hostage in Somalia, a man will face trial Monday in an Ottawa courtroom. Three weeks have been set aside for the Ontario Superi...
Kayla Derkach Oct 01, 2017
Here is what Edmonton police are saying about terror probe, five people hurt
EDMONTON - Here is what the Edmonton Police Service is saying about the stabbing of an officer Saturday night and a vehicle that struck four pedestrians. The force says both incidents are related and ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 01, 2017

Suspect facing terrorism charges in Edmonton truck attack investigated in 2015
EDMONTON - Mounties say the man accused of attacking a police officer and running down four pedestrians with a rental truck in a dramatic late-night downtown chase is a Somali refugee once investigate...
Kayla Derkach Oct 01, 2017

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