Category Archives: Canada
Family optimistic after UofT student released on bail in Bangladesh
TORONTO - The family of a Toronto university student who was detained in Bangladesh after surviving a terrorist attack is expressing cautious optimism now that the young man has been released on bail,...
Oct 03, 2016
Hijab-wearing student prevented from taking exam for refusing to show ears
MONTREAL - A Montreal junior college is trying to determine how to accommodate a student who was prevented from taking an exam because she wouldn’t temporarily remove part of her hijab, a school...
Oct 03, 2016
Corrections investigating murderer's escape from Saskatchewan Penitentiary
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Federal corrections officials say they’re investigating how a convicted murderer escaped from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert. Correctional Service Canada s...
Oct 03, 2016
Alberta won't support Ottawa's climate change plans without a pipeline: Notley
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley drew a line in the oilsands Monday when she said she will not support Ottawa’s climate change plan unless the federal government makes progress on new oi...
Oct 03, 2016
Groups worried over world heritage park want Trudeau to revisit Site C approval
EDMONTON - First Nations and environmental groups want the federal government to revisit its approval of British Columbia’s Site C dam which they worry would threaten a national park that is a W...
Oct 03, 2016
Judge temporarily suspends controversial Montreal pit bull ban until Wednesday
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge temporarily suspended Montreal’s controversial regulation banning new pit bulls Monday and questioned whether the city overstepped its bounds in enacting the bylaw. Sup...
Oct 03, 2016
National carbon price to be $10 a tonne in 2018, $50 by 2022, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pre-empted climate change negotiations with Canada’s premiers, announcing that the federal government will impose a pan-Canadian floor price on carbon ...
Oct 03, 2016
Grounded boat owned by Jamie's Whaling Station now off rocks near Tofino, B.C.
TOFINO, B.C. - A vessel belonging to a whale-watching company is no longer stranded on rocks off Vancouver Island. A spokesman with Jamie’s Whaling Station in Tofino, B.C., says the Stellar Sea ...
Oct 03, 2016
Labrador company asks top court to review lopsided hydro deal with Quebec
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Canada’s top court has been asked to review the 1969 Churchill Falls deal that has given Hydro-Quebec many times more in profits than Newfoundland and Labrador. The case...
Oct 03, 2016
Officials hope to herd stranded dolphins in New Brunswick back into open ocean
LAMEQUE, N.B. - Animal rescue crews are hoping to use “acoustic pingers” to herd six stranded dolphins out of a shallow waterway in northern New Brunswick, and back into open ocean. Andrew...
Oct 03, 2016
