Category Archives: Canada
Oil, lumber companies mobilize to protect pipelines, mills from B.C. wildfires
VANCOUVER - Kinder Morgan Canada and other companies are working to keep some of the more than 200 wildfires burning across British Columbia away from their infrastructure, while a number of firms hav...
Kayla Derkach Jul 11, 2017
Some kids may be sensitive or allergic to certain sunscreen ingredients: doctors
TORONTO - It’s summer, the kids are out of school, and that means getting them outside - to the playground, the sports field, or lakeside at a cottage or camp. But such activities also mean expo...
Kayla Derkach Jul 11, 2017
Quebec floods: cabinet minister calls for patience from affected residents
MONTREAL - Quebec’s public security minister is again urging victims of this spring’s floods to be patient as the government works its way through thousands of requests for assistance. Mar...
Kayla Derkach Jul 11, 2017

The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, July 11 --- COMMISSIONER QUITS INDIGENOUS WOMEN INQUIRY: A commissioner on the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women has announced she will resi...
Kayla Derkach Jul 11, 2017

Former U.S. president touts Habitat for Humanity as model for governments
OTTAWA - Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter says that Canadian governments should consider emulating the non-profit he has promoted for years as a means of alleviating an affordable housing crunch in ...
Kayla Derkach Jul 11, 2017

Halifax mayor speaks out against removal of Cornwallis statue from park
HALIFAX - Tensions over how Halifax honours its contentious founder are growing as a plan to topple the statue of Edward Cornwallis from a downtown park circulates on social media. A Facebook event ca...
Kayla Derkach Jul 11, 2017

Police identify two people found dead in burned-out car; seeking vehicle's owner
Calgary police have identified two of three people found dead in a burned-out car at a suburban construction site and are asking for the public’s help in tracking down the vehicle’s owner....
Kayla Derkach Jul 11, 2017

Bibeau to press Trump counterpart not to slash billions in aid spending
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says she will try to persuade her counterpart in the Trump administration not to slash billions in foreign aid as the president has prop...
Kayla Derkach Jul 11, 2017
New online map shows wildfire risk across Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - As firefighters on Canada’s west coast battle wildfires sweeping through the British Columbia Interior, the country’s eastern-most province is hoping a new tool wi...
Kayla Derkach Jul 11, 2017
Ex-Gitmo detainee praises Canada's deal with Omar Khadr as setting the bar
TORONTO - A British man compensated by the U.K. government for his torture and years of detention at Guantanamo Bay expressed dismay on Tuesday at the public and political furor in Canada over Ottawa&...
Kayla Derkach Jul 11, 2017

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