Category Archives: Canada
New Brunswick government asked to remove 'Negro' from place names in province
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Name changes are being proposed for two places near New Brunswick’s largest city as part of a province-wide plan to update the use of the anachronistic word Negro. Ralph Thoma...
Jan 24, 2017
Two bodies exhumed in probe into former Ontario nurse charged with murder
The bodies of two seniors were exhumed on Tuesday as part of a police investigation into a former Ontario nurse accused of killing eight patients in her care. Elizabeth Wettla...
Jan 24, 2017
A chronological history of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project
OTTAWA - A timeline of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project: July 2008: TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) and ConocoPhillips, joint owners of the Keystone Pipeline, propose a major extension to th...
Jan 24, 2017
Mulcair urges Trudeau to stand up to Trump on Keystone XL pipeline
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau should be standing up to Donald Trump, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said Tuesday as he urged the prime minister to push back against the U.S. president’s newly enshrined suppor...
Jan 24, 2017
U.S. city defends plan to draw water from Great Lakes in face of opposition
TORONTO - An American city is defending its plan to draw water from the Great Lakes, saying Canadian and U.S. mayors trying to block the move should be ignored. The Wisconsin city of Waukesha arg...
Jan 24, 2017
Handcuffs, hacksaws and human flesh collected in Calgary triple-murder case
Calgary police amassed 1,400 pieces of evidence - including human flesh, handcuffs, leashes, knives and adult diapers - during their investigation into the disappearance of a Calgary couple and t...
Jan 24, 2017
Montreal-area city of Westmount reaches agreement with sexual-abuse victims
MONTREAL - The Montreal-area city of Westmount says it has reached a settlement with the sex-abuse victims of one of its former employees. John Garland worked for the city’s parks and ...
Jan 24, 2017
Greenpeace argues Resolute racketeering suit 'brute force' intimidation
TORONTO - A $300-million lawsuit filed by a multinational forest giant against Greenpeace under American racketeering laws enacted to deal with organized crime is simply an intimidation tactic that wo...
Jan 24, 2017
It's alive, maybe: Trump signs order potentially reviving Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON - A zombie project that has spent years haunting Canada-U.S. relations in its never-born-yet-never-quite-dead state of perpetual limbo has just been given hope of life by new U.S. Pres...
Jan 24, 2017
Alberta research shows fracking fluids cause 'significant' harm to fish
EDMONTON - Research has found that liquids released from fracked oil and gas wells can harm fish even at low concentrations. “When we put these frack fluids in, the fluids themselves genera...
Jan 24, 2017