Category Archives: Canada

Pressure mounting for flooding of Muskrat Falls reservoir: Nalcor CEO
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Unless flooding of a reservoir near the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project is completed within the next three weeks, the construction site could be inundated with water from ...
Nov 01, 2016
World record attempt at screenings for sexually transmitted infections
SASKATOON - Organizers at the University of Saskatchewan are looking to break an unofficial world record for the number of people screened for sexually transmitted infections. Some 812 ...
Nov 01, 2016
Couillard announces measures in wake of police monitoring of Quebec reporter
QUEBEC - Revelations that Montreal police kept tabs on a reporter’s iPhone prompted Premier Philippe Couillard to announce Tuesday he is forming a committee of experts t...
Nov 01, 2016

'Prayed for this:' Honduras police make arrest in Saskatchewan man's death
MARTENSVILLE, Sask. - Verna Martens has amassed a thick file folder of notes and documents and hounded government officials in Canada and Honduras with letters and phone calls since her...
Nov 01, 2016
Infrastructure bank a keystone in Liberal economic plan
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are banking on the creation of a new, arm’s-length lending machine that could leverage billions in public money and turn it into new highways, bridges and transit p...
Nov 01, 2016
Highlights from Tuesday's economic statement by Finance Minister Bill Morneau
OTTAWA - Some highlights from Tuesday’s economic statement, delivered in the House of Commons by federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau: - The deficit for 2016-17 is expected to be $25.1 bil...
Nov 01, 2016

Feds turn to infrastructure bank for economic help amid deeper deficit outlook
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government’s latest update on federal finances shows that slow growth is taking a toll on the books - but they say they have a cure: a long-term plan to attract billion...
Nov 01, 2016
Former Richmond warden leaves N.S. Liberal job amid expense, donation scandal
HALIFAX - A key figure in a political contribution and municipal expense scandal has been fired by the Nova Scotia Liberal caucus amid questions about how the McNeil government is handling a...
Nov 01, 2016
Bad weather could delay impending efforts to lift sunken tug from B.C. coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - The Heiltsuk Nation on British Columbia’s central coast says salvage crews are ready to begin the process of raising a sunken tug for removal from Seaforth Cha...
Nov 01, 2016
Canada Post replacing locks on thousands of community mailboxes
TORONTO - Canada Post is replacing the locks on thousands of community mailboxes after an “unacceptable” number of customers had their mailboxes frozen shut last winter. Spokesman Jon...
Nov 01, 2016