Category Archives: Canada
Debate over pipeline projects takes centre stage for Assembly of First Nations
GATINEAU, Que. - A First Nations leader from northern Alberta is urging his fellow chiefs to resist buying into the arguments of environmentalists opposed to pipeline projects and ...
Dec 07, 2016
Feds set to pick new military rescue plane 14 years after project started
OTTAWA - One of the longest and most contentious defence procurements in Canadian history will inch closer to conclusion Thursday when the federal government announces a replacement for the milit...
Dec 07, 2016
National concussion protocol to apply to amateur sport groups, minister says
OTTAWA - Professional sports leagues won’t be compelled to adopt national standards on identifying and treating concussions - including when athletes can return to play - but they...
Dec 07, 2016
Abuses warrant tossing case against suspected Egyptian terrorist, court urged
TORONTO - The case against an Egyptian man long branded a terrorist threat has been riddled with so many problems over the years that a judge should have ended the proceedings, Federal Court of Appeal...
Dec 07, 2016
Treatment of witnesses after police shooting a sign of systemic racism: expert
WINNIPEG - The actions of police in the minutes that followed the fatal shooting of an indigenous man in a low-income neighbourhood point to systemic racism, an expert witness testified...
Dec 07, 2016
A look at the five women in contention to grace the front of the next banknote
TORONTO - Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz will announce Thursday which Canadian woman will be the first to grace the front of a banknote. Here’s a look at...
Dec 07, 2016
Tom Jackson puts on impromptu concert for snowed-in travellers in Manitoba
VIRDEN, Man. - Travellers stranded by a blizzard in a Manitoba town got a treat on Tuesday night when singer Tom Jackson put on an impromptu concert in the storm shelter. A dump of snow and howling wi...
Dec 07, 2016
Award-winning scientist says compromise needed on climate debate
WINNIPEG - Canadians need to turn down the heat and start listening to each other when they discuss global warming, says the winner of a major scientific award for his work on Arctic ice and climate c...
Dec 07, 2016
Lasers on a thumbnail reveal Franklin expedition diet, cause of death
New research has shed more light on one of Canada’s enduring mysteries - the fate of the Franklin expedition. Scientists used lasers and high-energy beams from the Canadian Light ...
Dec 07, 2016
New Brunswick to phase out coal, put price on carbon in new climate plan
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government will phase out coal as an electricity source under a new climate change plan that also puts a price on carbon. Premier Brian Gallant said Wednesday that clim...
Dec 07, 2016