The Canadian Press UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined world leaders today to help formally ratify a global treaty on climate change. Putting his signature to the Paris accord was the easy part. The hard part comes next: reducing Canada’s greenhouse-gas emissions by 30 percent over the coming decades. […]
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The Canadian PressTamsyn Burgmann VANCOUVER—Stoner subculture likely will take a hit with the incoming legalization of marijuana in Canada because as the cause vanishes, so will celebration of the drug, say experts. The declaration comes as the federal government announced a spring, 2017 deadline for introducing new marijuana laws and […]
The Associated Press SAN DIEGO—U.S. authorities said yesterday they discovered a cross-border tunnel that ran a half-mile from a Tijuana house equipped with a large elevator to a lot in San Diego that was advertised as a wooden pallet business, resulting in seizures of more than a ton of cocaine […]
The Canadian PressBruce Cheadle OTTAWA—When Finance minister Bill Morneau used a speech in Chicago yesterday to toss out an open invitation to Americans to visit Canada’s natural splendour in 2017, he inadvertently may have highlighted a potential downside for one of the Liberal government’s election promises. Overcrowding at some popular […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio TORONTO—A Toronto father who built his sons a $30,000 boat-shaped treehouse vowed yesterday to defend what he considers a family haven from city officials who want it torn down. John Alpeza spent years working on the naval-themed treehouse for his boys, Kristian and Matheas, now 10 […]
The Canadian PressDean Bennett EDMONTON—Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is the last NDP premier in Canada following the party’s defeat in Manitoba’s general election this week, but she says she doesn’t view it that way. “I like to see myself as not the last one standing but, in fact, the first […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — Life expectancy for white women has fallen a little, according to a new government report. White women lost about five weeks from their predicted lifespan in 2014, compared to 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. Life expectancy […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Canada’s last Conservative defence minister says he’d look favourably on a proposal to join the United States’ missile-defence program. Jason Kenney said the country seriously should consider the idea—should it receive a formal request from the U.S. to do so. He said he never received such a […]
The Canadian PressTerry Pedwell OTTAWA—Canada has yet to feel the full effects of mental health issues gripping people across the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today as he pledged support to lower levels of government in combating the problem. “Whether we’re talking about its impact on young people, its […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA—The leader of the country’s national Inuit organization says his people also are dealing with devastating rates of suicide. The “heartbreaking” suicide crisis in the First Nation community of Attawapiskat has become a touchstone moment for how mental health issues affect aboriginal peoples, Natan Obed, president […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA—Newly-released data on youth voters suggests they neither were apathetic nor disengaged in the last election—and instead may be primed to become the most powerful voting bloc in the country. A report commissioned by the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations suggests just over half of Canadians […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL—Two members of a Quebec family were among those killed during a massive earthquake in Ecuador on the weekend, a relative confirmed today. Guy Laflamme told Montreal radio station 98.5 FM his nephew’s wife, Jennifer Mawn, and their son, Arthur Laflamme, were among the 350 reported dead […]
