Category Archives: Canada
Members of a B.C. First Nation launch court challenge of federal LNG approval
VANCOUVER - Members of a British Columbia First Nation have launched what has become the fourth Federal Court challenge against a liquefied natural gas project proposed for th...
Jan 10, 2017
City officials say Vancouver is ready for another round of icy temperatures
Vancouver bylaw officers have issued 9,000 warnings and a few hundred tickets to city residents and businesses who failed to scrape snow and ice from their walkways. The announceme...
Jan 09, 2017
Increase coming for homeowner grants in B.C.: finance minister
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia’s finance minister says the threshold to claim homeowner grants will be raised to help the tax burden on those whose property values have soared. Mike de Jong w...
Jan 09, 2017
Victoria faces property shortages while more move in for lifestyle change
VICTORIA - It’s still the dead of winter in much of Canada, but in Victoria daffodils and crocuses are about to begin sprouting, marking the unofficial signal to start another real estate s...
Jan 09, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Jan. 9 --- TRUDEAU TO SHUFFLE CABINET ON TUESDAY: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to give his year-old cabinet a facelift on Tuesday. Sources t...
Jan 09, 2017
Survey of Supreme Court cases shows large majority of consensus rulings
OTTAWA - One of the critical issues American voters considered in choosing president-elect Donald Trump last November was the incoming leader’s power to choose the next justice for the deeply di...
Jan 09, 2017
Border agency weighed torture risk before allowing Chinese official's testimony
OTTAWA - Canada’s border agency looked at whether China’s Public Security Bureau had used torture to extract information before allowing a Shanghai police officer ...
Jan 09, 2017
Woman charged after hundreds of rats removed from Ontario apartment
NORTH BAY, Ont. - Humane society officials say a woman is facing charges after hundreds of rats were removed from a one-bedroom apartment in North Bay, Ont. North Bay and District Human...
Jan 09, 2017
All that glitters is not gold: Edmonton police warn of precious metal scam
EDMONTON - Police in Edmonton are warning the public of an offer that is definitely not worth its weight in gold. Investigators say they got wind late last year of counterfeit gold bars...
Jan 09, 2017
Ottawa, province give grants of $42M each to Honda for Ontario plant
ALLISTON, Ont. - The federal and Ontario governments are each providing Honda Canada with grants of up to $41.8 million for upgrades and research and development at its operations in Alliston, Ont. Th...
Jan 09, 2017