By Rob Gillies THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO — Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal on Thursday halted the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that would nearly triple the flow of oil from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific Coast ‚Äî a setback that comes just as the government is buying […]
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By Rob Gillies THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO — Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal on Thursday quashed the approval of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that would nearly triple the flow of oil from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific Coast. The decision means the country’s National Energy Board […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Math test scores among public elementary students in Ontario have been decreasing over the last five years, indicating government efforts to reverse the trend have not worked, according to the agency administering standardized assessments in the province. In its annual report released yesterday, the Education Quality […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA — Provinces that don’t get on board with the federal Liberals’ plan to deal with climate change, including putting a price on pollution, will forfeit their share of a $2-billion federal fund, Environment minister Catherine McKenna said. Federal officials have been reviewing $420 million slated […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A Toronto man is facing charges after an alleged road rage incident involving another man seen clinging to the hood of the vehicle. The OPP said the incident happened yesterday morning on a highway in northern Toronto. Video of the footage caught on a dashcam shows a […]
The Canadian PressSteve Lambert WINNIPEG–Manitoba is aiming to speed up family court so that divorces, child custody disputes, and other matters don’t drag on for years. Chief Justice Glenn Joyal of Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench says coming changes are aimed at reducing not only the demands on court time […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–RCMP say officers were responding to a break-and-enter call in western Manitoba when they came under fire the minute they got out of their cruisers. Assistant Commissioner Scott Kolody, commanding officer of the RCMP in Manitoba, said one officer was hit and seriously injured around 9:30 p.m. […]
The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge TORONTO–People accused of sexual assault in Ontario once again are allowed to use excessive intoxication as a defence against criminal charges, a judge has ruled, finding that a federal law preventing such an argument is unconstitutional. Superior Court Justice Nancy Spies’ ruling relates to a Supreme […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber Two injured Inuit hunters huddled for three days with the body of their friend who was killed by a polar bear as four other bears circled their camp. “They had to sit tight,” said Rob Hedley, administrator for the hamlet of Naujaat, Nunavut, where the hunters […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords MILTON, Ont.–Premier Doug Ford says his government will remove the cost of the now-repealed cap-and-trade system from natural gas bills but opposition critics counter the Tory government is not telling people the true impacts of cancelling the system designed to fight climate change. At an announcement […]
The Canadian Press RIVERS, Man.–Police in southern Manitoba had to get down and dirty when they were called this week about five puppies trapped in a tunnel. Officers from the police service in Rivers, about 40 kM northwest of Brandon, found four males and one female in an underground burrow […]
The Canadian PressJanice Dickson OTTAWA–Maxime Bernier’s closest caucus ally says he has no plans to join the renegade Quebec MP’s new party. Conservative MP Alex Nuttall played a key role in Bernier’s unsuccessful Conservative leadership campaign last year that saw him lose by the narrowest of margins to Andrew Scheer. […]
