Category Archives: Canada
EU court: EU-Canada passenger data deal breaches privacy
BRUSSELS - The European Union’s top court says in an advisory opinion that a deal between the EU and Canada on sharing airline passenger data breaches citizens’ privacy and cannot be concl...
Jul 26, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, July 26
Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, July 26 --- PACIFIC NORTHWEST LNG PROJECT SCRAPPED Malaysian energy giant Petronas and its partners have pulled the plug on the Pacific NorthWest LNG megaproje...
Jul 26, 2017
'A blindness to risk:' Board calls for mandatory life-jackets for fishermen
MONCTON, N.B. - Before sunrise on June 16, 2016, three bleary-eyed lobster fishermen boarded a small fishing boat in northern New Brunswick and set out on Chaleur Bay. What would unfold in the early m...
Jul 26, 2017
High court gives red light for Clyde River but green light for Line 9 pipeline
OTTAWA - The Inuit Hamlet of Clyde River won a nearly six-year-long battle Wednesday to stop seismic testing in the Arctic that could kill or maim the marine mammals upon which they rely for food and ...
Jul 26, 2017
Residential school cemetery in Regina gets provincial heritage designation
REGINA - A residential school cemetery has become the first in Saskatchewan to be designated as a provincial heritage site. Culture Minister Ken Cheveldayoff formally recognized the cemetery on the ed...
Jul 26, 2017
In-utero surgery gives baby Sebastian good heart-start in life
TORONTO - Watching Kristine Barry and husband Christopher Havill cuddle their two-month-old son Sebastian, it’s hard to believe their little guy has been through more major medical procedures in...
Jul 25, 2017
B.C.'s new attorney general says province won't delay Trans Mountain permits
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s attorney general says the NDP government will not artificially delay permits for the Trans Mountain pipeline, despite the premier’s vow to use every availabl...
Jul 25, 2017
Trudeau insists NAFTA must have dispute mechanism despite US demands it be eliminated
OTTAWA - Any renewal of the North American Free Trade Agreement will have to include a fair process to resolve disputes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. In the summary of its objectives in...
Jul 25, 2017
Immigration detention system is legal, though not always applied perfectly: judge
A Federal Court judge says Canada’s rules for detaining some foreigners who can’t be deported quickly are constitutional though they may not always be applied perfectly. Judge Simon Fother...
Jul 25, 2017
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, July 25 --- HORGAN, TRUDEAU MEET FOR FIRST TIME: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and brand new B.C. Premier John Horgan bent over backwards to appear congenial...
Jul 25, 2017
