Category Archives: Canada
Northwest Territories gets $69M to upgrade transit, sewer, water infrastructure
EDMONTON - The federal government is giving $69 million to improve public transit, sewer and drinking water in the Northwest Territories. Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi made the announcement Tu...
Sep 06, 2016
B.C. government will not reconsider tax on foreign homebuyers, says premier
VANCOUVER - The plunge in real estate sales and deceleration in price increases in the Vancouver area last month were exactly what the government was trying to manoeuvre, and Premier Christy Clark say...
Sep 06, 2016
Government to stop using ISIL, will refer instead to Daesh
OTTAWA - The Liberal government will no longer refer to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and will instead call the group by a different, potentially insulting name: Daesh. Public Safety Minist...
Sep 06, 2016
Ex-Quebec deputy premier Normandeau rips up Liberal membership card
QUEBEC - Former Quebec deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau said Tuesday the province’s anti-corruption unit has declared war on her. On her first day of work for Quebec City radio station BLVD FM...
Sep 06, 2016
Waiting for Guinness confirmation: Edmonton baseball game could be longest
EDMONTON - The longest baseball game ever may have been played in Edmonton on the long weekend. The 72-hour, 237-inning game still needs official confirmation from Guinness World Records. The marathon...
Sep 06, 2016
A look at the five biggest foreign takeovers by Canadian companies
CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. has struck a deal to acquire Houston-based Spectra Energy in a friendly, all-stock deal worth US$28 billion in what would be the largest foreign takeover by a Canadian company....
Sep 06, 2016
Calgary neighbourhood tells tree planters to make like a tree and leaf
CALGARY - Protests over trees usually happen when they’re being cut down, but some Calgary residents are upset the city has planted saplings in a park across from their homes. Ian Burgess said s...
Sep 06, 2016
Man posed as U.K. diplomat as part of $30K fraud of Ont. woman: police
NEWMARKET, Ont. - Police say a 41-year-old man - who allegedly claimed to be a diplomat from the United Kingdom as part of an elaborate fraud - is facing charges after an Ontario woman lost $30,000 in...
Sep 06, 2016
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Sept. 9 --- JOBS NUMBERS REBOUNDED SOMEWHAT IN AUGUST: The latest numbers from Statistics Canada show the economy created 26-thousand, 200 net new jobs in Aug...
Sep 06, 2016
Tory leadership hopeful Maxime Bernier wants maple syrup restrictions lifted
OTTAWA - The federal government must use its constitutional powers to give Quebec’s maple syrup producers the right to sell their products as they see fit, Conservative leadership candidate Maxi...
Sep 06, 2016
