Category Archives: Canada
'Boots on the ground:' More indigenous involvement urged in pipeline monitoring
CALGARY - A new program in the works at Alberta’s research and development agency aims to improve pipeline monitoring and spill response by enlisting more indigenous people. Hundreds o...
Jan 15, 2017
Family of girl killed in 1984 prepares for the emotions of another trial
WINNIPEG - Almost 32 years to the day that 13-year-old Candace Derksen’s body was found, frozen and hog-tied in an industrial shed, her parents are preparing to go through the emotions of a...
Jan 15, 2017
Assaults soar in Newfoundland's Dickens-era jail: 'It's a tinderbox'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - It opened in 1859, the year Charles Dickens’ new novel “A Tale of Two Cities” transfixed readers with Dr. Manette’s tormented impri...
Jan 15, 2017
Companies increasing energy storage developments as renewables grow
CALGARY - The rise of renewable power has created a need for energy storage that companies are fulfilling with underwater balloons, multi-tonne flywheels and decades-old designs. “Where ren...
Jan 15, 2017
Tugs finally free tanker stranded in Cape Breton, N.S., for a week
SYDNEY, N.S. - A tanker that ran aground off the coast of Nova Scotia has returned to port after being stuck in shallow water for a week. The coast guard and salvage crews freed the Arca 1 from&n...
Jan 15, 2017
Experts question whether tougher sentences deter drunk driving
Experts are questioning whether a recent trend towards stiffer sentences for those who kill someone while drinking and driving are doing much to solve the problem. Earlier this week, an Ontario judge ...
Jan 15, 2017
No winning ticket for $20 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $20 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket purchased in Quebec. The jac...
Jan 15, 2017
Nova Scotia Teachers Union rejects province's latest offer: province
HALIFAX - Education Minister Karen Casey says the Nova Scotia Teachers Union has rejected the province’s latest contract offer. The two sides had been meeting with a conciliator for the past fou...
Jan 14, 2017
Second attempt to tow grounded off Nova Scotia rescheduled after weather delays
SYDNEY, N.S. - A second attempt to free a grounded tanker from a sandy bottom off Cape Breton has been pushed back until early Sunday morning due to weather conditions. The salvage...
Jan 14, 2017
Five suicides in Quebec indigenous communities were avoidable: coroner's report
Five suicides that occurred in two indigenous communities in 2015 were avoidable, a Quebec coroner said Saturday in a report that compared Canada’s reserv...
Jan 14, 2017