Category Archives: Canada
Bank of Canada announces short list of Canadian women vying to be on banknote
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has announced its shortlist of five women contending to be the first Canadian female on the face of a banknote, and online favourite Nellie McClung is not among them. On it...
Nov 24, 2016
NewsAlert: Amber Alert for missing B.C. girl
VANVCOUVER, B.C. - Police in Vancouver have issued an Amber Alert for a missing four-year-old girl. They say Delilah Felton was last seen wearing a colourful rain jacket, mostly red with flowers on it...
Nov 24, 2016
Alberta makes deal with some firms in lawsuit over money-losing power deals
EDMONTON - Alberta has taken steps toward resolving a $2-billion lawsuit it launched against power providers over money-losing electricity contracts. Deputy Premier Sarah Hoffman says Capital Power wi...
Nov 24, 2016
U.S. lumber industry expected to heat up ongoing softwood lumber dispute
OTTAWA - A spokesman for International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland says the U.S. Lumber Coalition is expected to submit petitions to the Department of Commerce on Friday, requesting an investigat...
Nov 24, 2016
Help coming for ranchers impacted by bovine TB quarantine, says MacAulay
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will compensate cattle ranchers impacted by the bovine tuberculosis quarantine in western Canada - financial help the Opposition says can’t come soon enou...
Nov 24, 2016
Alberta strikes deal with power producers to end coal-fired electricity by 2030
EDMONTON - Alberta has struck a deal with three major power producers to formally end coal-fired electricity in the province by 2030. Environment Minister Shannon Phillips announced Thursday that the ...
Nov 24, 2016
Quickfacts: What you need to know about Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline project
CALGARY - The Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement project proposed by Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) has attracted little attention despite its potential to increase Canadian exports to the U...
Nov 24, 2016
Trudeau government set to make major decisions on Enbridge oilsands pipelines
CALGARY - The federal government’s lengthy balancing act between the energy industry and the environment will soon be tested as it rules on the fate of two major oilsands pipeline projects. The ...
Nov 24, 2016
Federal override makes spy committee's mandate 'a mirage,' information czar says
OTTAWA - Loopholes and restrictions will prevent a planned committee of parliamentarians from properly scrutinizing spy agencies, the federal information czar says. Proposed legislation known as Bill ...
Nov 24, 2016
Advisory:Kill and make no further use of CPT103, a photo of Leonard Cohen from Nov. 11
PHOTO EDITORS, ONLINE EDITORS, PHOTO LIBRARIANS Please kill and make no further use of photo CPT103 of Nov.11, 2016, showing a black and white image of Leonard Cohen. Permission to use the photo had b...
Nov 24, 2016