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Below normal stream flows call for level 3 drought rating: Fort Nelson
FORT NELSON-The province has declared a level three drought rating for the Fort Nelson area due to below-normal stream flows and signs of drought in smaller streams.Level three drought conditions call...
Jun 07, 2019 ID 136503960 © James Mun | Dreamstime.com
Lawyer: Ronaldo rape lawsuit moved from Nevada to US court
LAS VEGAS - A lawsuit by a Nevada woman accusing soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo of raping her in 2009 at a Las Vegas Strip resort has been moved from state to federal court in Las Vegas, her lawyer sai...
Jun 07, 2019
China-Canada differences go beyond Beijing's critical, outgoing envoy: Carr
OTTAWA - Canada's trade minister is downplaying the forthcoming departure of China's outspoken envoy to Ottawa, saying differences between the countries stretch beyond anythin...
Jun 07, 2019
Canada's emergency alert system can't measure how many phones get the notices
OTTAWA - The federal government says it can't measure how many people actually receive emergency-alert messages on their phones. The Alert Ready system is designed to notify C...
Jun 07, 2019
Senate committee says oil tanker ban off B.C. targets Alberta, divides country
OTTAWA - A Senate committee says the Trudeau government's bill to ban oil tanker traffic off British Columbia's northern coast should be scrapped because it will divide the country...
Jun 07, 2019
Record low unemployment rate in May
OTTAWA - Canada's unemployment rate hit a record low in May.The economy added 27,700 jobs last month bringing the unemployment rate to 5.4 per cent - it's lowest level since 1976.Year-over-year averag...
Jun 07, 2019
Supreme Court allows suit against St. Joseph's Oratory over abuse allegations
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected a bid by Montreal's Saint Joseph's Oratory to be excluded from a sexual assault class action suit. The high court today upheld a Quebec Court of Appea...
Jun 07, 2019
Ottawa pledges to spend $15 million to restore Ontario's tree-planting program
The federal government promised Wednesday to spend $15 million over four years to save a tree-planting program in Ontario cancelled by Premier Doug Ford's government. Forests Ontario was informed in t...
Jun 07, 2019
Conservation group calls death of right whale in Gulf of St. Lawrence 'devastating'
FREDERICTON - The head of a wildlife protection group is calling news of a dead right whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence devastating, saying the loss of even one of the whales ...
Jun 07, 2019
SNC-Lavalin delays jury decision in corruption trial until June 28
MONTREAL - SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is pushing back its decision on whether to opt for a trial by jury or by judge alone in a corruption case that has tripped up the engineering giant and ensnared it in...
Jun 07, 2019