Category Archives: Canada
Newfoundland Supreme Court orders assessment for major aquaculture project
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador has ordered a major aquaculture project proposed for Placentia Bay to undergo an environmental assessment after the provincial g...
Jul 21, 2017
North Atlantic right whale to be examined on New Brunswick island
MISCOU ISLAND, N.B. - Marine mammal experts began carving up the remains of another endangered North Atlantic right whale on Friday in a bid to determine what caused the death of the latest whale to b...
Jul 21, 2017
Sears Canada liquidation sales begin at 54 locations across the country
TORONTO - Shoppers queued up Friday in hopes of finding a deal as Sears Canada Inc. began liquidation sales at 54 locations that will be closed as part of a court-supervised restructuring that began l...
Jul 21, 2017
Young child's leg severed after being struck by farming equipment: police
CLEMENTSVALE, N.S. - RCMP say a seven-year-old girl has died of injuries she suffered when her leg was severed by a farm tractor that struck her as she played in a hay field in rural Nova Scotia. Cpl....
Jul 21, 2017
QuickList: June inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.0 per cent in June, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces and territories (previous month in brackets): - New...
Jul 21, 2017
QuickList: June inflation rate for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.0 per cent in June, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated...
Jul 21, 2017
Inflation, retail trade data reinforce expectations of gradual rate hike
OTTAWA - The annual pace of inflation fell to its weakest rate in almost two years though retail sales rose for their third consecutive month, Statistics Canada said Friday, reinforcing expectations t...
Jul 21, 2017
New Brunswick seeks champions to help campaign against intimate partner violence
FREDERICTON - Melissa Shea had been married for more than two years but no matter what she did, she says it wasn’t good enough for her husband. She was stripped down emotionally and became separ...
Jul 21, 2017
Family of Canadian accused of masterminding darknet site doubt allegations
MONTREAL - The family of a late Canadian man accused of masterminding the world’s leading “darknet” internet marketplace said Friday they’re having a hard time believing he was...
Jul 21, 2017
Prime minister urges opposition to leave "domestic squabbles" at home
SHELBURNE, N.S. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took aim at the cross-border Conservative campaign lambasting him for a generous federal payout to Omar Khadr, saying “domestic squabbles” s...
Jul 21, 2017
