Category Archives: Canada
Telus issues apology to defecting customers over price on carbon support
TORONTO - After sending out a tweet in support of the federal government’s proposed carbon pricing plan, Telus has issued an apology to angry customers threatening to take th...
Oct 05, 2016
Great Bear Rainforest project earns environmental group $100,000 U.S. award
VANCOUVER - Three groups that were once labelled enemies of the province by a British Columbia premier have been given an international award for their work in helping to protect the Great B...
Oct 05, 2016

Cheers over Franklin ship find turn to finger-pointing
OTTAWA - Nunavut officials are questioning whether researchers who found HMS Terror had proper authorization to search for the doomed Franklin Expedition ship, prompting the explorers to wonder i...
Oct 05, 2016
'Whoops:' Winnipeg nurse calls son, says mom is dead, then admits blunder
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man says he expected he would get a call someday about the death of his 99-year-old mother - but not one that would turn out to be a mistake. Dan Nemis says his mother,...
Oct 05, 2016
Calgary police officers face criminal charges in arrest that injured man
CALGARY - A unit that reviews police actions in Alberta is alleging that officers broke a man’s ribs and caused his lung to collapse and lied about him resisting arrest. Susan Hug...
Oct 05, 2016

Indigenous Affairs to give documents to PBO, despite claims they did not exist
OTTAWA - Despite having originally denied their existence, the federal Indigenous Affairs Department said Wednesday it will give the parliamentary budget office a collection of document...
Oct 05, 2016
Call for rules on armed drones highlights Canadian debate over such weapons
OTTAWA - Canada has joined dozens of other countries in calling for clearer rules around the sale and use of armed drones, even as the government debates whether the military should acquire such weapo...
Oct 05, 2016
Quebec judge muzzles Montreal pit bull law, grants stay until other hearing is held
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal’s push to ban new pit bulls suffered another setback Wednesday when a judge ruled parts of its legislation can’t be introduced unti...
Oct 05, 2016
Yet another failed attempt to save six stranded dolphins in New Brunswick
LAMEQUE, N.B. - Animal rescue crews are considering other plans after another failed attempt to herd six stranded dolphins out of a shallow waterway in northern New Brunswick. Federal f...
Oct 05, 2016

Hurricane Matthew expected to spare Maritimes and veer into Atlantic Ocean
HALIFAX - Despite its brawn and fury, hurricane Matthew no longer poses much of a threat to Canada’s East Coast, the Canadian Hurricane Centre said Wednesday after it dropped ...
Oct 05, 2016