Canada

'Contaminated': $1-billion cleanup underway at notorious N.W.T. gold mine

YELLOWKNIFE - Just outside this northern capital, on a small hill within eyeshot of its skyline, sit 365 sea cans sealed off behind a high wire fence, the surrounding roads regularly watered to settle...

Sep 28, 2022

Gold, arsenic and murder: A look at the complex history of N.W.T.'s Giant Mine

YELLOWKNIFE - A team working to address environmental and health effects from a former gold mine outside Yellowknife has provided an update on the effort to clean up one of the most contaminated place...

Sep 28, 2022

Big numbers: Remediation of Giant Mine a cleanup on a vast scale

YELLOWKNIFE - The scale of the cleanup required at the Giant Mine almost beggars belief. Eight open mine pits. Six tailings ponds. About 100 buildings, many laced with asbestos. Untold tonnes of rusti...

Sep 28, 2022

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon visiting Saskatchewan First Nation grieving stabbing deaths

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION, SASK. - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is to visit the Saskatchewan community today that is grieving the deaths of loved ones from a stabbing rampage earlier this month. A release from ...

Sep 28, 2022

UN food chief warns Horn of Africa famine imminent, if global crises left unchecked

OTTAWA - The head of the World Food Program is urging countries to follow Canada in trying to avert a looming famine in East Africa, which he warns could get even worse due to sanctions against Russia...

Sep 28, 2022

Front companies being used to launder illicit cannabis cash: intelligence agency

OTTAWA - Canada's financial intelligence agency says a wide range of businesses - from food wholesalers to electronics repair services - are being used to disguise the proceeds of illicit cannabis ope...

Sep 28, 2022

Quebec's 'post-COVID' election campaign has few mentions of deaths, emergency powers

MONTREAL - The French phrase "bain de foule" appears regularly on the agendas of Quebec's major party leaders during the provincial election campaign. The term, which directly translates into English ...

Sep 28, 2022

Adapting to climate change faster will save Canada billions, new analysis says

OTTAWA - Canadians will see lower incomes and a choice between higher taxes or fewer government services if there isn't more effort to adapt to the changing climate, a new report from The Canadian Cli...

Sep 28, 2022

Iran sanctions, terrorism listing unlikely to pressure regime, experts say

OTTAWA - Iran experts say Canada has limited leverage to pressure the regime to stop its violent crackdown on human rights. Large protests have erupted across Iran since a 22-year-old woman died in po...

Sep 27, 2022

Victoria seniors stage protest at vacant school field, seeking park space for elders

VICTORIA - Dozens of Victoria, B.C., seniors have staged a rally at a former school field to demand more elder-friendly park space, contrasting their situation with facilities available to youth that ...

Sep 27, 2022