Author Archives: Greg Fry

VANCOUVER - The federal and British Columbia governments and two First Nations have signed a long-awaited agreement to protect the endangered southern mountain caribou herds. Federal Environment Minis...

MONTREAL - Via Rail says it is temporarily laying off 1,000 employees due to blockades that continue to halt trains on CN tracks in Eastern Canada. The Crown corporation has suspended passenger servic...

Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern):   10:13 Police south of Montreal are patrolling an ongoing blockade ...

Dr. Mike Wilkinson is well-versed in the threat of a pandemic ahead of an Olympic Games. With the opening of the Tokyo Olympics just over five months away, there is rising uncertainty d...

Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia:   Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the RCMP have offered to move...

EDMONTON - A blockade has been set up on a Canadian National Railway line on the western edge of Edmonton in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline in Br...

VICTORIA - Top income earners and pop drinkers were hit with new taxes in Tuesday's B.C. budget, which continues the government's focus on capital spending for schools, hospitals and transit...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has cancelled his planned trip to the Caribbean this week amid criticism over his government's handling of a series of anti-pipeline protests that have disrupted...

Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia:   Via Rail is preparing to resume part of its passenger rail service as anti-pipeline pr...

CALGARY - The federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline and...