Category Archives: Canada
Think-tank predicts losses for Canada's oil industry to stretch into third year
OTTAWA - Canada’s oil extraction industry will have to ride through $21 billion in losses before it returns to profitability some time in 2017, according to the latest estimate from the Conferen...
Oct 04, 2016
Sex after baby: new study offers surprising finding about new fathers
HALIFAX - A new Canadian study that explores the sex lives of first-time parents has produced a surprising finding that could serve as a caution to well-meaning fathers. The one-time survey of 255 fir...
Oct 04, 2016
Mortgage rule changes could lead to growth in shadow banking: experts
TORONTO - Sweeping changes to Canada’s mortgage lending rules could push more borrowers into the unregulated, shadow banking segment of the market, creating a new pocket of risk in the financial...
Oct 04, 2016
N.B. rescue crews to try again Wednesday to herd stranded dolphins to open ocean
LAMEQUE, N.B. - Animal rescue crews will try again Wednesday to herd six stranded dolphins out of a shallow waterway in northern New Brunswick, and back into open ocean. It will be a week since seven ...
Oct 04, 2016
Halifax police respond to report of creepy clown at high school
Halifax police are investigating after a photo posted on social media appeared to show a clown standing on a sidewalk outside a local high school. Const. Dianne Woodworth said students at Halifax West...
Oct 04, 2016
Funding in next budget depends on provinces agreeing to health accord: Philpott
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jane Philpott is hinting that provinces won’t get a promised $3-billion infusion of health care funding in the coming federal budget unless they commit to spend it on ho...
Oct 04, 2016
A modernized Senate? Report gives 21 ways to make a 21st century upper chamber
OTTAWA - A group of senators looking at the future of the upper chamber has laid out 21 recommendations for a modernized Senate. Many of the recommendations have been talked about for months, others f...
Oct 04, 2016
PM urged to confront discrimination during ceremony for missing, murdered women
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was pressed to move beyond words to confront racial discrimination against indigenous people during an emotional ceremony on Parliament Hill Tuesday honouring mi...
Oct 04, 2016
Renowned Vancouver-based architect Bing Thom dead at 75 from brain aneurysm
VANCOUVER - Bing Thom, a Vancouver-based architect whose unique work transformed communities around the world, has died at the age of 75. A statement from his wife Bonnie said Thom was in robust healt...
Oct 04, 2016
Five things to know about Canada's carbon pricing landscape
All provinces and territories face the prospect of some form of carbon pricing by 2018. Here are five things to know: Why a carbon price? Putting a price on carbon is meant to give people and companie...
Oct 04, 2016