Category Archives: Canada
Transportation Safety Board reports 24 runaway trains so far in 2016
MONTREAL - The Transportation Safety Board says there have been 24 cases this year of stationary trains suddenly lurching into gear. The federal agency says there were 42 similar cases last year and 3...
Jul 12, 2016
Finance Department memo says no new oil pipeline needed 'until at least 2025'
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is telling Ottawa there’s no more time to “dither” on pipeline approvals, but an internal federal analysis may indicate why the Liberals are co...
Jul 12, 2016
Coast Guard crew honoured for 'nick of time' heroics that prevented catastrophe
HALIFAX - It was their last hope of preventing a potential environmental disaster. Buffeted by gale-force winds, three Canadian Coast Guard members gripped the rails of a 145-metre long barge that had...
Jul 12, 2016
Fatally stabbed young people: Some main events in the case of Matthew de Grood
CALGARY - Matthew de Grood is facing an Alberta Review Board hearing to determine whether he should receive any privileges while in the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre. In May, de Grood wa...
Jul 12, 2016
Two reviews launched into death of Nunavut infant
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Two separate investigations are underway into the death of an infant who was in the care of staff at a nursing station in a remote Nunavut hamlet. Almost no details are available, i...
Jul 12, 2016
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, July 12 — FAMILY PLEADS FOR RETURN OF MISSING GIRL: Distraught family members are pleading for the safe return of a five-year-old Calgary girl whose mo...
Jul 12, 2016
Petrolia seeking injunction against Quebec and private firm over Anticosti
QUEBEC - A Quebec-based oil and gas company is seeking an injunction to force the provincial government and a private firm to invest in exploratory drilling on Anticosti Island. Petrolia Inc. (TSX-V:P...
Jul 12, 2016
Officials say nearly all health services restored in fire-ravaged Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Health officials say residents of a northern Alberta city ravaged by wildfire in May now have access to most of the health-care services that were available before the blaze. Th...
Jul 12, 2016
Publication ban imposed in review board hearing for Calgary mass killer
CALGARY - A cloak of silence was imposed Tuesday on an Alberta Review Board hearing for a Calgary man found not criminally responsible in the stabbing deaths of five young people. The two-day hearing ...
Jul 12, 2016
Fatal stabbings: Matthew de Grood just one case of not criminally responsible
CALGARY - Matthew de Grood is facing a review board hearing after being found not criminally responsible in the stabbing deaths of five young people at a house party in Calgary in 2014. Here are some ...
Jul 12, 2016
