Category Archives: Canada
Enbridge suspends regulatory process for delayed Sandpiper pipeline project
CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. has announced further delays to an oil pipeline proposed to run from the Bakken oilfields of North Dakota through Minnesota to a terminal in Superior, Wis. The Calgary-ba...
Sep 01, 2016

Trudeau uses Shanghai stage to offer public critique of China on human rights
SHANGHAI — Justin Trudeau set his sights squarely on China’s human rights record Thursday, painting Canada as a straight-talking champion of personal freedoms as he lectured an elite busin...
Sep 01, 2016
New Vancouver real estate figures anticipated after month of foreign-buyers tax
VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver’s real estate market is bracing for a steep decline in detached home sales recorded in August, as new numbers will offer a first look at the immediate impact of...
Sep 01, 2016
Lawyer for veterans wants Liberals to live up to election promise on pensions
CALGARY — The lawyer for Canadian veterans involved in a legal battle with the federal government says the Department of Veterans Affairs is playing politics with his clients...
Sep 01, 2016

'Climbing or screaming:' Alberta woman recounts escape from abandoned well
REDWATER, Alta. — An Alberta woman says she has been sore and sleep deprived since she spent hours clinging to the sides of an abandoned well near Edmonton earlier this week. Trieva McBeth ...
Sep 01, 2016
Police in B.C. city believe fentanyl involved in 9 overdoses within 20 minutes
DELTA, B.C. — It’s a miracle that no one died after nine people overdosed within a 20-minute period on what are believed to be drugs laced with fentanyl, a police chief...
Sep 01, 2016

Driver of Jeep that killed Edmonton woman during event says vehicle took off
EDMONTON — The driver of a Jeep that hit and killed an Edmonton woman during an off-road demonstration at a charity event says the vehicle “launched” when he turned th...
Sep 01, 2016

2.6 billion people in Africa, Asia-Pacific may be at risk for Zika: researchers
TORONTO — Highly populated countries in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region may be vulnerable to outbreaks of Zika due to global travel patterns and climatic conditions that s...
Sep 01, 2016

'Thanks for your ignorance:' Edmonton actor posts video with man's racist slurs
EDMONTON — An actor and former high-jump champion who confronted someone yelling racial slurs — all of which was caught on video — says he would like to thank the man. R...
Sep 01, 2016
Passengers help subdue unruly man on WestJet flight headed to Edmonton
EDMONTON — A customer on a WestJet flight from Toronto to Edmonton says there were some tense moments as he and others helped the crew subdue an unruly passenger. Steven Kelly say...
Sep 01, 2016