Category Archives: Canada

NEB downgrades oil production outlook on lower prices, changing regulations
CALGARY - The National Energy Board has downgraded its long-term outlook for oil prices and Canadian production in the face of lower global industry costs and stricter environmental regulations. ...
Oct 26, 2016
Feds explore nickel coin's use, but no plans to send it the way of the penny
OTTAWA - An internal federal analysis shows the government has studied the pros and cons of the nickel - but Ottawa insists it has no plans to force the fi...
Oct 26, 2016
Highway closed after rock slide injures contractors working to prevent slides
FIELD, B.C. - Two workers have been injured in a rock slide in Yoho National Park that has closed the Trans-Canada Highway for an extended period. RCMP say the slide happened Monday west of Field...
Oct 25, 2016
3 Canadians refused bail after appearing in Australian court on drug charges
MONTREAL - Three Canadian cruise ship passengers who were charged in Australia with drug smuggling were refused bail Wednesday after making a court appearance in Sydney. Andre Tamine, 64, Isabelle Lag...
Oct 25, 2016
Supreme court nominee has wide-ranging Q and A with MPs, senators
OTTAWA - Malcolm Rowe, who has been tapped by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to join the Supreme Court of Canada, sat down for a wide-ranging, question-and-answer session with MPs a...
Oct 25, 2016
Five things to know about the competition to design Canada's next warships
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to launch a multibillion-dollar competition to design the navy’s newest warships this week. Here are five things to know about the project: 1. The fut...
Oct 25, 2016
Quebec school board must pay boy who had chemical substance poured over his head
LAVAL, Que. - A Montreal-area school board has been ordered to pay $15,000 to a student who had a corrosive substance poured over his head in a chemistry class. The boy was 15 years old in February 20...
Oct 25, 2016
Nurse accused of killing eight seniors went to rehab twice: friend
WOODSTOCK, Ont. - Just a few weeks ago, Elizabeth Wettlaufer gave away her beloved dog, Nashville, a spry Jack Russell terrier. Her friends thought the move odd, but they now wonder if the 49-year-old...
Oct 25, 2016

Jury hearing Jacques Corriveau's fraud case receives final instructions Thursday
MONTREAL - The fraud trial of longtime Liberal organizer Jacques Corriveau is expected to be in the hands of the jury by Thursday. Corriveau, 83, a former close ally of ex-prime mi...
Oct 25, 2016

With Trump on ropes, Clinton looks to new target of winning power in Congress
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. - Spare a thought for Donald Trump - Hillary Clinton barely did as she began a visit to America’s biggest swing state Tuesday. Democrats’ increasing confidenc...
Oct 25, 2016