Category Archives: Canada
Climate change expertise lacking in Canadian boardrooms, says report
CALGARY - Canada’s biggest oil and gas producers and utilities appear to lack expertise in climate change at the board level despite their dependence on selling energy products linked to the iss...
Jan 10, 2017
Whitehorse mayor's lesson in turban tying, Bhangra dancing goes viral
WHITEHORSE - A video of a Yukon mayor learning to wear a Sikh turban and dance Bhangra has gone viral. A seven-minute video posted online Friday starring Whitehorse Mayor Dan Curtis has already garner...
Jan 10, 2017
Liberals' promised infrastructure spending slow to get out the door: PBO
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government may fall short of spending all the money it planned to devote to infrastructure in the first year of its mandate, says a new analysis released Tuesday by the federal bu...
Jan 10, 2017
B.C. boosts eligibility for homeowner grant to 1.6M as property values skyrocket
VANCOUVER - British Columbia residents whose homes are valued at up to $1.6 million will now be eligible for a reduction on their annual property tax bill. The provincial government announced the chan...
Jan 10, 2017
Gildan Activewear wins auction to buy American Apparel for US$88 million
MONTREAL - Gildan Activewear has won an auction to buy bankrupt clothing company American Apparel for US$88 million, some US$22 million more than a stalking horse offer it made in November. The deal a...
Jan 10, 2017
Tow of tanker grounded off Nova Scotia unsuccessful, operations suspended
SYDNEY, N.S. - A salvage team was unable to pull a grounded tanker from a sandy bottom off Cape Breton on Tuesday evening. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says the tow of the Arca 1 was not suc...
Jan 10, 2017
Groups call for complete restart of Energy East review after new panel named
CALGARY - Environmental groups are calling for the Energy East pipeline review process to start from scratch now that the National Energy Board has formally appointed new members to the review panel. ...
Jan 10, 2017
Four stories in the news today, Jan. 10
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 10 --- PM TRUDEAU EXPECTED TO SHUFFLE CABINET TODAY Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to give his cabinet a facelift today, shifting some weak minist...
Jan 10, 2017
Justin Trudeau adds fresh faces to cabinet; Freeland up, Dion, McCallum out
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shook up his cabinet Tuesday in a bid to adjust to the upheaval wrought by incoming American president Donald Trump to international affairs in general and Canad...
Jan 10, 2017
Members of a B.C. First Nation launch court challenge of federal LNG approval
VANCOUVER - Members of a British Columbia First Nation have launched what has become the fourth Federal Court challenge against a liquefied natural gas project proposed for the province’s north ...
Jan 10, 2017