Category Archives: Canada
Loyalties of Canadian hockey fans divided entering next round of NHL playoffs
MONTREAL - With just two Canadian teams standing after the first round of the NHL playoffs, not everyone is rooting for a Stanley Cup final showdown between the Ottawa Senators and the Edmonton Oilers...
Apr 25, 2017
P.E.I. says it's No. 1 in Canada when it comes to recycling and composting
CHARLOTTETOWN - When it comes to recycling and composting, residents of Prince Edward Island can now boast they’re the best in Canada. The P.E.I. government is citing newly released figures from...
Apr 25, 2017
Halifax council votes to put Cornwallis name on city property under microscope
HALIFAX - In a move Halifax’s mayor calls a step toward reconciliation with indigenous people in the municipality, regional council has voted to examine the use of Edward Cornwallis’s name...
Apr 25, 2017
Some of what was said Tuesday about the escalating Canada-U.S. lumber dispute
OTTAWA - Some of what was said Tuesday as the United States imposed countervailing duties of up to 24 per cent on Canadian lumber imports, opening old wounds in what has been a long-standing trade dis...
Apr 25, 2017
Alberta needs new operations centre to manage disasters: minister
EDMONTON - Alberta is looking at building a new operations centre to better manage how it responds to disasters such as the Fort McMurray wildfire. Municipal Affairs Minister Shaye Anderson said the n...
Apr 25, 2017
Finance Canada was cautious on linking child care to women at work: documents
OTTAWA - The Liberals hope their daycare budget pledge will help more women join the workforce, but newly released documents suggest federal finance officials were once cautious about a lack of data a...
Apr 25, 2017
First bison calves born in Banff National Park backcountry in 140 years
BANFF, Alta. - For the first time in more than 140 years, bison calves have been born in Banff National Park’s backcountry. Parks Canada said the first calf was born on Saturday in the Panther V...
Apr 25, 2017
Six deaths at Halifax nursing home connected to outbreak of respiratory virus
HALIFAX - Public health officials have linked six deaths at a Halifax nursing home to an ongoing outbreak of respiratory illness. The Nova Scotia Health Authority said it was notified April 4 about a ...
Apr 25, 2017
Some details about Canada's forestry industry
OTTAWA - Canada’s forest industry by the numbers: 201,645: Number of people working in forest industry in 2015 171: Number of Canadian communities where forestry represents at least 20 per cent ...
Apr 25, 2017
Quebec announces plan to help forestry sector in wake of U.S. duties
QUEBEC - The Quebec government is offering as much as $300 million in loans and loan guarantees to help protect the province’s forestry sector against softwood lumber duties levied by the United...
Apr 25, 2017
