Category Archives: Canada
Coroner says carbon monoxide suspected in deaths of four people in B.C.
ASHCROFT, B.C. - British Columbia’s coroners service suspects carbon monoxide killed a family of four in their home in the province’s Interior. Toxicology tests were underway and the coron...
Mar 27, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, March 27 --- LIBERALS SAY NO DECISIONS YET ON POT TAX: Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the Liberal government has not decided how to tax marijuana, but is ...
Mar 27, 2017
'Only have 15 or 20 minutes:' Backcountry enthusiasts can't count on fast rescue
CALGARY - Experts say the growing number of skiers and snowboarders enticed by pristine powder in the backcountry shouldn’t assume help will arrive quickly if something goes wrong. Snowboard sta...
Mar 27, 2017
Crown seeks 12 years in prison for man in fatal drunk driving case
VANCOUVER - A cyclist who fell several hundred metres behind two of his friends on the day they were hit and killed by a drunk driver says the accident scarred him for life. Stewart Blaser told a B.C....
Mar 27, 2017
Police took 60 hours to begin investigation into Regina woman's death
REGINA - The family of a Regina woman found fatally injured at the bottom of a hotel laundry chute is questioning how she fit through the chute door and why it took 60 hours for police to launch an in...
Mar 27, 2017
Do more with less foreign aid, Morneau urges development agencies
OTTAWA - Canada can do more with less foreign aid spending, says Finance Minister Bill Morneau, and that includes relying on a new profit-driven financial lending institution to help fight poverty in ...
Mar 27, 2017
Question of how best to tax legal pot still a long way off, Morneau suggests
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is still wrestling with how to tax recreational pot, even as it indicates it’s poised to introduce long-awaited legalization legislation next month in advance of ...
Mar 27, 2017
Federal officials ready for avalanche of infrastructure paper work
OTTAWA - Provincial governments have been warned that they have until this time next year to start assigning billions in infrastructure cash to eligible projects, or else they could lose control over ...
Mar 27, 2017
B.C. appeal court rules against Burnaby in bylaw battle with Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER - A legal battle between the City of Burnaby and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has ended with the British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling the National Energy Board can override munic...
Mar 27, 2017
Housing affordability measures in the spring budget: Ontario finance minister
TORONTO - Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa confirmed Monday he plans to include housing affordability measures in his upcoming budget. Premier Kathleen Wynne has said her government is working o...
Mar 27, 2017
