Category Archives: Canada

Transcript of 911 call: 'There's a python that got out and killed the two kids'
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - The following is a transcript of the 911 call made by Jean-Claude Savoie after a python killed two sleeping boys in his apartment above Reptile Ocean, a pet store he owned in Campb...
Kayla Derkach Nov 01, 2016
By the Numbers: A look at Alberta's rising emissions from the oilsands
CALGARY - The Alberta government introduced legislation Tuesday that would cap annual emissions from the oilsands industry to 100 megatonnes. Here’s a look at how emissions from the oilsands hav...
Kayla Derkach Nov 01, 2016
Saskatchewan First Nation wants to hear from girls to thwart suicide crisis
LA RONGE, Sask. - The leader of a Saskatchewan First Nation says people are struggling to understand why so many young indigenous girls are killing themselves. Since the middle of October, six girls b...
Kayla Derkach Nov 01, 2016

Alberta introduces bill to cap oilsands emissions at 100 megatonnes a year
EDMONTON - The legal rubber has hit the road on Alberta’s promise to cap greenhouse gas emissions from the oilsands - the engine of the province’s economy. Environment Minister Shannon Phi...
Kayla Derkach Nov 01, 2016

The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Nov. 1 MORNEAU SAYS DEBT TO RISE BY BILLIONS: Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the country is on track to pile another $31.8 billion onto the national debt...
Kayla Derkach Nov 01, 2016

Molson Coors thinking 'very carefully' about legalization of marijuana
MONTREAL - Molson Coors says it is looking to Colorado for insight on the possible effects the legalization of marijuana in Canada could have on its beer sales. Stewart Glendinning, CEO of Molson Coor...
Kayla Derkach Nov 01, 2016
Liberals edge Tories in fundraising as NDP donations dry up in third quarter
OTTAWA - The federal NDP’s money woes have gone from bad to worse as donations continued to dry up during the third quarter of this year. According to financial reports filed with Elections Cana...
Kayla Derkach Nov 01, 2016
By the Numbers: A legalized marijuana market
OTTAWA - A look at some of the numbers associated with a legalized recreational marijuana market in Canada as compiled by the parliamentary budget officer: 655 - The number of metric tonnes of marijua...
Kayla Derkach Nov 01, 2016

Pressure mounting for flooding of Muskrat Falls reservoir: Nalcor CEO
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Unless flooding of a reservoir near the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project is completed within the next three weeks, the construction site could be inundated with water from ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 01, 2016
World record attempt at screenings for sexually transmitted infections
SASKATOON - Organizers at the University of Saskatchewan are looking to break an unofficial world record for the number of people screened for sexually transmitted infections. Some 812 people were tes...
Kayla Derkach Nov 01, 2016

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