Category Archives: Canada
Notley defends human services minister amid renewed calls for his resignation
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has rebuffed calls to fire her human services minister, and instead is accusing the opposition of crass grandstanding in the death of a four-year-old girl...
Dec 12, 2016
Ex-Liberal organizer Jacques Corriveau to appeal sponsorship fraud conviction
MONTREAL - Convicted ex-Liberal organizer Jacques Corriveau is appealing his fraud conviction related to the federal sponsorship scandal. In a motion filed at the Quebec Court of A...
Dec 12, 2016
Feds optimistic Canada can fend off competitiveness threat from Trump tax cuts
OTTAWA - The federal economic development minister says he likes Canada’s chances in the global battle to attract top talent and investment even as a potential ...
Dec 12, 2016
Media seek access to court documents in Nova Scotia teen intimate photo case
HALIFAX - A judge heard arguments Monday about media access to court documents in a Nova Scotia case involving the alleged sharing of intimate images without consent by teenagers. Defence lawyer ...
Dec 12, 2016
Dryness cancels climate-change warmth that would help boreal forest growth:study
A new study suggests drier weather will likely eliminate any advantage for Canada’s boreal forest from higher temperatures caused by climate change. Scientists had predicted ...
Dec 12, 2016
Feds push back decision on proposed nuclear-waste bunker near Lake Huron
TORONTO - The federal government has punted a decision on whether to allow a proposed underground storage bunker to house nuclear waste near Lake Huron well into next summer. In a notice Monday, cabin...
Dec 12, 2016
Changes to census would be extremely difficult under new law, Bains says
OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of Statistics Canada says newly tabled legislation to give the agency greater independence would make it difficult, but not impossible, for a future government ...
Dec 12, 2016
B.C. enacts ministerial order to create overdose prevention sites
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has enacted a ministerial order to support the creation of overdose-prevention sites, a move the province’s health minister describes as an “extraordinary meas...
Dec 12, 2016
Lab researcher potentially exposed to Ebola virus cleared after isolation
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg lab researcher who was potentially exposed to the Ebola virus has been cleared to return to work. The employee was working with six infected pigs at the National Centre for ...
Dec 12, 2016
Oil production pledges prompt optimism that Canadian oilpatch will grow again
CALGARY - A dramatic jump in oil prices linked to the promise of lower global production is fuelling hope that the Canadian oil sector may soon recover from a two-year economic slump. O...
Dec 12, 2016