Category Archives: Canada
Federal government moves to ban plastic microbeads in toiletries by mid-2018
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will ban the sale of shower gels, toothpaste and facial scrubs containing plastic microbeads, effective July 1, 2018. A notice published Friday in the Canada Ga...
Kayla Derkach Nov 04, 2016

Pumps have run dry: TV's 'Corner Gas' station reduced to rubble
ROULEAU, Sask. - It’s been years since the cameras have rolled at “Corner Gas.” Years since Brent cracked wise with Hank from behind the store counter. Years since Emma gave Oscar wh...
Kayla Derkach Nov 04, 2016
Freeland right to walk out of stalled CETA talks with Walloons, says EU envoy
OTTAWA - The European Union’s envoy to Canada says International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland’s controversial decision to walk out of talks last month to save the transatlantic free tr...
Kayla Derkach Nov 04, 2016
Heritage Ministry nixes idea for outdoor NHL game on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Canada’s 150th birthday celebration will not include an outdoor National Hockey League game on Parliament Hill. The press secretary for Heritage Minister Melanie Joly said in a statemen...
Kayla Derkach Nov 04, 2016
Alberta Crown withdraws sex crime charges against high-ranking military officer
EDMONTON - Sex crime charges against a high-ranking military officer have been dropped by the Alberta Crown. Lt.-Col. Mason Stalker was charged last year with offences including sexual assault and sex...
Kayla Derkach Nov 04, 2016
Ontario winery forced to pour out product after deliberate tank tampering
KINGSVILLE, Ont. - An Ontario winery has had to dispose of 250,000 litres of its product after someone deliberately tampered with tanks on the property. Provincial police say the incident took place a...
Kayla Derkach Nov 04, 2016
Feds to appoint special adviser on border crossing challenges for First Nations
OTTAWA - The federal government will appoint a special ministerial representative to look at border crossing issues faced by First Nations. In a joint letter written in response to a Senate committee ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 04, 2016
Woman's Facebook message undermines sex-assault conviction against ex-husband
TORONTO - A seven-year-old Facebook message has scuttled a conviction against a man accused by his ex-wife of sexually assaulting and threatening to kill her. In a decision released Friday, Ontario...
Kayla Derkach Nov 04, 2016

Woodfibre LNG gives green light to what would be B.C.'s first LNG project
British Columbia’s efforts to launch a liquefied natural gas industry were given a boost Friday after Woodfibre LNG said it will proceed with its $1.6-billion project in the Lower Mainland, the ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 04, 2016
Kamloops, B.C., restaurant hopes online post will find owner of engagement ring
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Staff at a restaurant in Kamloops, B.C., hope to reunite a customer with a very special piece of jewelry. A manager of the Earls restaurant in the southern Interior city says a gold a...
Kayla Derkach Nov 04, 2016

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