Category Archives: Canada
QuickFacts: What you need to know about Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain project
CALGARY - A quick look at the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project proposed by Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI): Estimated Cost: $6.8 billion Route: 1,150 kilometres between Strathcona County, Alta., eas...
Nov 29, 2016
QuickFacts: What you need to know about Enbridge's Northern Gateway project
CALGARY - A quick look at the Northern Gateway project proposed by Enbridge (TSX:ENB): Estimated Cost: $7.9 billion Route: 1,177 kilometres from Bruderheim, northeast of Edmonton, to a tanker port in ...
Nov 29, 2016
More indigenous leaders sign pledge to fight oilsands and pipelines
WINNIPEG - Some indigenous leaders say they will fight any pipeline projects or other work connected to expanding the oilsands in Alberta. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, of the Union of British Columbia...
Nov 29, 2016
Newfoundland teen gets probation for circulating nude photos of schoolmate
CORNER BROOK, N.L. - A 16-year-old Newfoundland boy who circulated nude pictures of a 15-year-old female schoolmate has been sentenced to 18 months’ probation for possession of child pornography...
Nov 29, 2016
QuickFacts: What you need to know about Enbridge's Line 3 project
CALGARY - A quick look at the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project proposed by Enbridge (TSX:ENB): Estimated Cost: $7.5 billion Route: 1,660 kilometres between Hardisty, Alta., to Superior, Wisc. C...
Nov 29, 2016
Trudeau says yes to contested Trans Mountain pipeline, maintains climate targets
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau approved two major oil pipeline expansions Tuesday, including the deeply controversial Trans Mountain line through suburban Vancouver, while maintaining his gove...
Nov 29, 2016
Vegan buys giant, 23-pound Bay of Fundy lobster, returns it to underwater home
ALMA, N.B. - A massive lobster taller than a toddler was caught in the Bay of Fundy - and then bought by a vegan activist so it could be returned, alive, to its chilly home. Catherine MacDonald, co-ow...
Nov 29, 2016
New indigenous elders council to advise Ontario on justice issues
TORONTO - A new elders council that will offer advice to Ontario’s attorney general should help make the justice system more responsive to the aboriginal population, the provincial government sa...
Nov 29, 2016
Medical examiner tells Calgary woman's trial boy died of 'overwhelming sepsis'
CALGARY - A seven-year-old boy who was given holistic remedies by his mother before he died from massive organ failure could have been saved with a simple antibiotic, the woman’s trial heard Tue...
Nov 29, 2016
Donald Trump's former campaign manager coming to Alberta in January
EDMONTON - A top adviser to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is visiting Alberta in January. Kellyanne Conway will speak at a private fundraising dinner hosted by the Alberta Prosperity Fund on Jan. ...
Nov 29, 2016
