Category Archives: Canada
A look at the oilsands deals that have consolidated Canadian control
CALGARY - Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) made a splash in the oil patch Wednesday with a $17.7-billion deal to buy a big chunk of U.S.-based ConocoPhillips’s oilsands assets, doubling the size of the ...
Mar 30, 2017
Oilsands showdown coming over cleanup of tailings ponds: report
EDMONTON - Alberta’s oilsands could be heading for another showdown over tailings ponds after an independent assessment found that the cleanup plans of six major operators don’t meet new r...
Mar 30, 2017
RCMP appeals finding of egregious harassment against sergeant
TORONTO - A ruling that senior RCMP officers mercilessly harassed a sergeant after deciding he had lied about his run for political office should be set aside as flawed, the federal government said Th...
Mar 30, 2017
As leader, wouldn't ask Beyak to quit Senate over 'unfortunate' remarks: O'Leary
OTTAWA - One of the perceived front-runners in the Conservative leadership race is calling Sen. Lynn Beyak’s comments about residential schools “unfortunate” - but Kevin O’Lear...
Mar 30, 2017
Special prosecutor appointed over political donations in B.C. to assist RCMP
VICTORIA - A special prosecutor has been appointed to provide legal advice to the RCMP over possible violations of British Columbia’s Elections Act, less than two weeks before the official start...
Mar 30, 2017
O'Leary's decision to attend final debate part of a broader political education
OTTAWA - Kevin O’Leary jumped into the Conservative leadership race late last year as the outsider candidate, brandishing a spatula to scrape “all that crap” out of Ottawa in a page ...
Mar 30, 2017
Winnipeg man accused of online directing of cross-border child porn
WINNIPEG - A cross-border investigation has led to charges against a Winnipeg man who is accused of going online to direct the alleged sexual assault of a six-year-old child in the United States. Poli...
Mar 30, 2017
Ten charges laid in oil spill that fouled English Bay beaches in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Charges have been laid against the owners of the MV Marathassa nearly two years after a leak of bunker fuel fouled the beaches of English Bay in Vancouver, but the company is trying to scu...
Mar 30, 2017
Environmental groups challenge Keystone XL pipeline approval
OMAHA, Neb. - A coalition of environmental groups is challenging the federal permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline in court because they say additional environmental scrutiny is needed. The Sierra C...
Mar 30, 2017
Fire burns through at least 125 hectares of marsh in Point Pelee National Park
LEAMINGTON, Ont. - A southwestern Ontario national park popular with bird watchers is closed after a fire burned through part of the site on the north shore of Lake Erie. Leamington, Ont., fire offici...
Mar 30, 2017
