Category Archives: Canada
Suncor production recovery after wildfire leads to $392 million net profit
CALGARY - Oilsands giant Suncor Energy is reporting net third-quarter earnings of $392 million compared with a net loss of $376 million in the same period of last year. The Calgary-based company ...
Oct 26, 2016
Timeline of the Canada-EU trade deal stretches back to 2008
OTTAWA - The latest deadline may appear to be looming large, but in fact the talks hashing out the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement have been going on for years. Here is a timeline...
Oct 26, 2016
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Oct. 26 HOSPITAL TIPPED POLICE IN SENIORS HOMICIDE CASE: A police source says the murder investigation into the deaths of eight long-term ca...
Oct 26, 2016
Canadian government warns U.S. senators of potential lumber dispute consequences
WASHINGTON - The Canadian government is warning U.S. politicians about the consequences of a possible new softwood-lumber dispute. A letter from International Trade Minister C...
Oct 26, 2016
P.E.I. singer recalls rape on new album, hopes song encourages other women
A Prince Edward Island singer-songwriter has released a song about being raped after her high-school prom, saying she hopes it encourages others to share their own stories. “It...
Oct 26, 2016
Thunder Bay, Ont., inmate out of segregation after 4 years in pre-trial custody
TORONTO - An inmate who has been held in segregation for the past four years at a Thunder Bay, Ont., jail was moved to a regular cell on Wednesday. Correctional Services Minister David Orazietti ...
Oct 26, 2016
Sunflower sea star nearly wiped out by virus in B.C., Washington waters: report
VANCOUVER - There was once a galaxy of sunflower sea stars in the Salish Sea off the British Columbia and Washington state coasts, but a new study says their near disappearance from the...
Oct 26, 2016
Canadians now spending more on Internet access than on television
OTTAWA - Canadians spent more on Internet access than television services for the first time last year, according to a report by the CRTC. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication...
Oct 26, 2016
First Nations filing lawsuits against Pacific NorthWest LNG project
VANCOUVER - First Nations and environmental groups are planning to file lawsuits Thursday against the federal government and Malaysian state-owned oil firm Petronas in an attempt to stop a l...
Oct 26, 2016
Trudeau defends Iraq mission secrecy, accuses Tories of endangering lives
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the previous Conservative government of having endangered Canadian troops as he defended a recent clampdown on information about Canada’s mission i...
Oct 26, 2016