Category Archives: Canada

Enbridge to pay Bad River band $5.1M in Line 5 profits, move pipeline by 2026: judge
WASHINGTON - Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. must pay an Indigenous band in Wisconsin more than US$5 million in Line 5 profits and relocate the controversial cross-border pipeline within the next three ye...
Jun 17, 2023

Wildfire in southern N.S. occurred amid some of driest recorded conditions: scientist
HALIFAX - A federal scientist with the Canadian Forest Service is pointing to the driest conditions since the Second World War as a key factor behind the largest wildfire in Nova Scotia in the past ce...
Jun 17, 2023

Residents and tourists alike excited for the return of the Montreal Grand Prix
MONTREAL - One of downtown Montreal's most famous nightlife streets has been turned over to pedestrians this weekend, but it's not part of Mayor Valrie Plante's much-publicized campaign to calm traffi...
Jun 17, 2023

Mayor of western Manitoba community says outpouring of support apreciated
DAUPHIN, Man. - The mood remains somber in Dauphin, Man., as area residents learn more details of a highway crash that killed 15 people and injured 10. Mayor David Bosiak says people are sad, and the ...
Jun 17, 2023

'We know what's at stake': Manitoba minibus drivers say safety paramount for seniors
For seniors in communities across Manitoba, minibuses or handivans are essential means of travel. "Without the use of the handivan as a service, there isn't much else for seniors who are in wheelchair...
Jun 16, 2023

Home and camper on the wish list for Victoria, B.C., couple after $35M lotto win
VANCOUVER - A couple from Victoria, B.C., are $35 million richer after claiming the whopping sum at a B.C. Lottery Corp. celebration in Vancouver. Lahsen Rezrazi and Debbie Ramsay say they plan on buy...
Jun 16, 2023

African descent advisory group feels lied to over police return to Vancouver schools
VANCOUVER - Members of the African descent advisory committee for the Vancouver Police Department say they feel they were lied to over the process to reinstate a program that deploys armed officers to...
Jun 16, 2023

Federal workers vote 'overwhelmingly' in favour of agreements that ended strike: PSAC
OTTAWA - Canada's largest federal public-sector union says more than 155,000 workers have ratified new four-year deals with the federal government. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says members v...
Jun 16, 2023

Some reaction to the highway crash that killed 15 in Manitoba
DAUPHIN, MAN. - Health authorities say six of 10 seniors who survived a bus crash in southern Manitoba that killed 15 others were listed in critical condition in hospital. They were among a group of s...
Jun 16, 2023

CP NewsAlert: RCMP say no critical injuries in crash of B.C. bus with 30 aboard
PRINCE GEORGE - Mounties say there are no critical injuries among 30 people on a charter bus that crashed on a forest service road north of Prince George, B.C. RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Cooper says numerous ...
Jun 16, 2023