Category Archives: Canadian Press
Softwood dispute will only push cost of rebuilding Houston higher: economist
OTTAWA - A growing demand for building materials - as Houston looks to reconstruct in the wake of hurricane Harvey - should put pressure on the White House to solve the latest softwood lumber dispute ...
Sep 08, 2017
Alberta politician Derek Fildebrandt denies hit and run on neighbour's van
EDMONTON - An Alberta legislature member accused of hit and run with his pickup truck says he didn’t do it. Derek Fildebrandt testified in court Wednesday that if he had backed into his neighbou...
Sep 08, 2017
Quotes at the centre of an Ontario Liberal byelection scandal
SUDBURY, Ont. - A trial is set to begin Thursday for two Ontario Liberals on Election Act bribery charges. The pair, including a former top staffer of Premier Kathleen Wynne, is accused of offering a ...
Sep 08, 2017
Oilsands crude pellets touted as cure for industry's bitumen transport ills
CALGARY - A new technology that transforms heavy crude oil into pill-sized pellets could cure the oilsands industry’s transportation headaches, according to University of Calgary professor Ian G...
Sep 08, 2017
'Sustained' rain needed to end devastating B.C. wildfire season: officials
INVERMERE, B.C. - Hundreds of homes have burned and nearly half a billion dollars has been spent, but officials say there’s no end in sight for British Columbia’s devastating wildfire seas...
Sep 08, 2017
Timeline of key dates in Liberal Sudbury byelection scandal
SUDBURY, Ont. - A trial is set to begin Thursday for two Ontario Liberals on Election Act bribery charges. Pat Sorbara, a former Ontario Liberal Party CEO, and Gerry Lougheed, a Sudbury Liberal fundra...
Sep 08, 2017
Nurses raise spectre of disruptions over N.S. bill: 'They'd have to close units'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s nurses union is raising the spectre of hospital units being shut because of discontent over the province’s decision to impose a labour bill on 75,000 public sector ...
Sep 08, 2017
First Nation leaders to press Desjardins to stop funding oilsands pipelines
CALGARY - First Nation leaders opposed to the oilsands say they are meeting with senior executives at Desjardins Group Thursday to try and convince the credit union to make its moratorium on new pipel...
Sep 08, 2017
Trial for two Liberals on Election Act bribery charges to start in Sudbury
Two Ontario Liberals go on trial Thursday on Election Act bribery charges stemming from a 2015 byelection in Sudbury, but the stakes are also high for Premier Kathleen Wynne herself. The Sudbury trial...
Sep 08, 2017
Ontario to review school curriculum as student math scores decline
TORONTO - Ontario is looking to overhaul its school curriculum with a focus on math, an announcement that comes one week after standardized test results showed flat or falling math scores among public...
Sep 08, 2017