Category Archives: Canada
Vancouver home sales plunged nearly 33% last month, real estate board says
VANCOUVER - Home prices in Metro Vancouver’s once-surging real estate market are on the cusp of falling, housing experts say, as new figures show another month of plunging home sales in the regi...
Oct 04, 2016
Northern Alberta chief says Aboriginal oilsands foes are poorly informed
CALGARY - A treaty signed by more than 50 aboriginal groups who oppose oilsands project and pipeline developments is based on misinformation, says a northern Alberta chief whose First Nation does exte...
Oct 03, 2016
Five things to know about the new national floor price for carbon emissions
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a bombshell in the House of Commons on Monday as federal, provincial and territorial environment ministers were meeting in Montreal to negotiate a pa...
Oct 03, 2016
Hajdu proud to fund opposing voices on women's issues, but not for anti-abortion
OTTAWA - Allowing groups advocating for women and girls to once again receive federal project funding is a way to encourage diverse voices, says Status of Women Minister Patricia Hajdu - but at least ...
Oct 03, 2016
Snakes alive! Well, one anyway as Lady the python found in Montreal
MONTREAL - Luck proved to be on Lady’s side Monday as an elusive royal python with that name was found just a few metres from where it escaped nearly six weeks ago. Lady had been on the lam sinc...
Oct 03, 2016
Trudeau's carbon price plan praised, denounced: selection of quotes
OTTAWA - Some of what was said Monday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s surprise announcement that the federal government will impose a floor price on carbon, starting at $10 per tonne in 20...
Oct 03, 2016
Mexican officials say suspect arrested in death of Canadian artist
VANCOUVER - Robbery appears to be the motive behind the murder of Canadian photographer and artist Barbara McClatchie Andrews, says a Mexican prosecutor. Yucatan state Attorney General Ariel Aldecua a...
Oct 03, 2016
Questions from a federal consultation paper about new C-51 sharing provisions
OTTAWA - The Security of Canada Information Sharing Act, ushered in by the previous Conservative government as part of the C-51 anti-terrorism legislation, expanded the exchange of federally held info...
Oct 03, 2016
Five things to know about Canada's carbon pricing landscape
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a national “floor price” on carbon Monday that would require all provinces and territories to have some form of carbon pricing by 2018. Here are fiv...
Oct 03, 2016
Canadian vehicle sales down 0.5% in September, but up for year to date
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. - DesRosiers Automotive Consultants says sales of new cars and light trucks in Canada fell 0.5 per cent in September compared with a year ago, marking the third consecutive month o...
Oct 03, 2016
