Category Archives: Canada
Canada-made radar satellite component to be used in global surface water survey
LONGUEUIL, Que. - A piece of Canadian radar technology will play a key role in a satellite mission scheduled to launch Friday that aims to study almost all of the Earth's water surfaces. The Surface W...
Dec 15, 2022
Six-month COVID-19 vaccine delay would have cost $156B: study
A study from the C.D. Howe Institute estimates Canada would have lost $156 billion in economic activity in 2021 had COVID-19 vaccines been rolled out six months later than they were. That would have b...
Dec 15, 2022
In The News for Dec. 15 : Canada's banking regulator to set mortgage stress test
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. 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 15, 2022
Environment ministers try to get Montreal biodiversity talks on track in last days
MONTREAL - Environment ministers from around the world are gathering in Montreal for the last few days of a conference aimed at preserving what's left of the planet's biodiversity. Talks at COP15 hit ...
Dec 15, 2022
Financial intelligence agency tracking signs of homegrown terrorism financing
OTTAWA - Efforts by Canada's financial intelligence agency over the last three years uncovered activity related to homegrown terrorism, the bankrolling of international terrorist groups and attempts b...
Dec 15, 2022
'Prey-switching' blamed for death of Toronto woman mauled by coyotes 13 years ago
HALIFAX - A new and unusual theory has emerged about the coyotes that killed a young Toronto woman on a Nova Scotia hiking trail 13 years ago. Researchers say that on Oct. 27, 2009, when singer-songwr...
Dec 15, 2022
Jury finds escaped inmate guilty of the first-degree murder of a B.C. man
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court jury in the trial of an escaped inmate accused of first-degree murder has found James Lee Busch guiltyin the death of a Vancouver Island man. However, wh...
Dec 14, 2022
Yukon, Canada announce agreement to advance nature conservation and protection
MONTREAL - The Yukon and federal governments have signed a new agreement to advance nature conservation and protection across the territory. The governments announced the Canada-Yukon Nature Agreement...
Dec 14, 2022
Ottawa must hold resource companies accountable to keep Indigenous women safe: report
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee says resource companies should be held "accountable" for the effect their projects have on the safety of Indigenous women and girls. Members of Parliament on the Sta...
Dec 14, 2022
Liberals may take a year to clear Afghanistan aid blockade as senators urge speed
OTTAWA - A Senate committee is urging the federal government to amend anti-terror laws that are blocking humanitarians from responding to growing desperation in Afghanistan. But the Liberals say they ...
Dec 14, 2022