Author Archives: Greg Fry
Supreme Court to hear B.C. case attempting to halt Trans Mountain expansion
OTTAWA - The B.C. government will ask Canada's high court Thursday to give it authority over what can flow through the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta. The case is a make-...
Jan 17, 2020
Horgan says 'rule of law applies,' LNG pipeline will proceed despite protests
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says a natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia will be built despite on going protests and an eviction notice from some hereditary Indigenous leaders....
Jan 13, 2020
Strong winds, snow, Arctic freeze, prompt travel warnings, woes, in West
VANCOUVER - Frigid temperatures have prompted Environment Canada to issue weather warnings for many parts of the British Columbia and Alberta, while snow snarled the morning commute in Metro...
Jan 13, 2020
Canada pushing Tehran for direct access on Iran plane crash, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Canada is pushing to be part of the Iranian-led investigation of the plane crash near Tehran that killed everyone on board, including 138 people bound for Canada,&nbs...
Jan 10, 2020
Curling 101
PRINCE GEORGE - "Well the objective of curling is to deliver the rocks down to the other end of the ice and score the most points by getting [the rocks] into the house." That's a simple explanation of...
Jan 08, 2020
Oil prices surge, stocks slip after US kills Iranian general
NEW YORK - Oil prices are up sharply and major stock markets are falling after U.S. forces in Iraq killed a top Iranian general. The price of oil surged 3.5% and major indexes were down 0.8% in early ...
Jan 02, 2020
Trudeau on climate and ultra-rare disease; In The News for Dec. 30
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 30. What we are watching in Canada ... TO...
Dec 29, 2019
Sixty-nine Canadians giving up holidays to help with Australian wildfires
TORONTO - Sixty-nine Canadians are giving up their holidays at home to join the battle for the first time against the deadly wildfires devastating vast tracts of several Australian states. The Canadia...
Dec 24, 2019
Sixty-nine Canadians giving up holidays to help with Australian wildfires
TORONTO - Sixty-nine Canadians are giving up their holidays at home to join the battle for the first time against the deadly wildfires devastating vast tracts of several Australian states. The C...
Dec 24, 2019
Bump in low-income rates expected as StatCan sets to redraw poverty line
OTTAWA - The national statistics office is looking at changes to the federally adopted poverty line which, if approved, could mean more people are considered to live below the low-income threshold. Th...
Dec 23, 2019