Category Archives: Canada

'Friends of Science' thanks Elections Canada for warning on climate-change talk
OTTAWA - A Calgary organization that argues climate change is nothing close to a global emergency says Elections Canada is right to keep a close eye on campaign-period communications from th...
Sep 09, 2019

Use of fake social media bots in Alberta election coming in federal vote: expert
EDMONTON - A political scientist says a federal report confirming the use of false social media posts to try to manipulate last spring's Alberta election points to dangers for the upcoming federa...
Sep 09, 2019

'Very dangerous storm' Dorian causing widespread power outages, damage
HALIFAX - Dorian slammed into the Maritimes on Saturday, its powerful gusts uprooting trees, tearing off roofs and yanking down power lines - leaving more than 450,000 pe...
Sep 09, 2019

AFN outlines First Nations election priorities ahead of fall vote
OTTAWA - Canada has been treating Indigenous issues as higher priorities since the last federal election but more work needs to be done, says Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde. The...
Sep 09, 2019

Tory leader pitches tax cuts, carbon fight ahead of Manitoba election day
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister has made a final pitch to voters ahead of tomorrow's provincial election. Pallister, surrounded by his party's candidates outside th...
Sep 09, 2019

Greta Thunberg coming to Montreal in late September to take part in climate march
MONTREAL - Teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg will be in Montreal at the end of the month to take part in a climate march. The 16-year-old Swedish climate activist announced her presence at th...
Sep 09, 2019

Federal response to 'gig' workers hindered by unreliable data, documents say
OTTAWA - A newly released government document shows that federal officials feel stymied by data roadblocks in their bid to help policymakers tackle a growing political concern about the country's "gig...
Sep 09, 2019

Crews work to restore power and clear debris left in Dorian's wake
HALIFAX - Post-tropical storm Dorian may have departed Atlantic Canada but the scars it inflicted across the region with its hurricane strength wind gusts and torrential rain will take some time&...
Sep 09, 2019

In the news today, Sept. 9
Six stories in the news for Monday, Sept. 9 --- POST DORIAN CLEANUP A MASSIVE TASK Post-tropical storm Dorian may have departed Atlantic Canada but the scars it inflicted across the region w...
Sep 09, 2019

Artist, researcher displays Newfoundland's connections to slave trade
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - An art installation at this year's Bonavista Biennale is shining a light on a dark corner of Newfoundland's history - slave ships that were built on the island during...
Sep 09, 2019