Category Archives: Canada
Husky oilsands project back on track after being shut down during wildfire
CALGARY - Husky Energy says its thermal oilsands project that was shut down while wildfires swept through the Fort McMurray, Alta., region in May is already back to producing bitumen at its previous l...
Jul 22, 2016
Shark ventures into Nova Scotia harbour, steals mackerel from fishing lines
LIVERPOOL, N.S. - A peckish shark has been spotted snatching mackerel off people’s hooks on the Liverpool, N.S., waterfront. Witnesses say the roughly 1.5-metre shark swam under a popular harbou...
Jul 22, 2016
Community devastated by fish plant fire: 'There's a lot of sad people here'
WHITBOURNE, N.L. - Firefighters were monitoring hotspots at a fish plant that burned to the ground late Thursday, dealing a major blow to the hundreds of people who work there. Deputy fire Chief Corey...
Jul 22, 2016
Seven stories in the news today, July 22
Seven stories in the news today from The Canadian Press: --- PREMIERS STILL WORKING ON INTERPROVINCIAL TRADE Canada’s 13 premiers have one more day to close what they keep calling a tantalizingl...
Jul 22, 2016
A GOP post-convention bounce? Maybe for the job-seeking journalist who cried plagiarism
CLEVELAND - One possible winner from this week’s Republican gathering got his convention bounce in a coffee shop, 3,700 kilometres away from the site where Donald Trump became a presidential nom...
Jul 22, 2016
Five things to know about Gord Downie's brain cancer glioblastoma
VICTORIA - Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip begins what is being billed as its final tour after lead singer Gord Downie was diagnosed with a deadly brain cancer. Here are five things to know abou...
Jul 22, 2016
StatsCan testing texting as one way to stop major data quality concerns
OTTAWA - Forget checking your mailbox for future Statistics Canada questionnaires and instead be ready to check the text-message inbox on your cell phone. Texting questions to Canadians is one of seve...
Jul 22, 2016
Facts about the Tragically Hip as the band launches farewell tour
VICTORIA - Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip begins what is being billed as its final tour after lead singer Gord Downie was diagnosed with a deadly brain cancer. Here are some facts about Downie ...
Jul 22, 2016
Kirstine Stewart to leave Twitter, but no details 'at this time': spokesman
TORONTO - Twitter’s vice president for media in North America, Kirstine Stewart, will be leaving the company. A Twitter spokesman confirmed in an email Thursday that Stewart will part ways with ...
Jul 21, 2016
Quebec judge expected to rule Friday in Anticosti Island dispute
MONTREAL - A judge says he will rule Friday in the dispute between Petrolia Inc. and the Quebec government over exploratory oil and gas drilling on Anticosti Island. Petrolia is seeking an injunction ...
Jul 21, 2016
