Category Archives: Canada
Climate Changed: Catastrophe experts say retreat from flood risk is 'critical option'
VANCOUVER - All climate disasters are not created equal and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction recommends retreat in the face of only one type of threat. "In our opinion, retreat is not an ...
Oct 09, 2022
Competition Bureau probe of 'flushable' wipes goes down the drain
OTTAWA - To flush or not to flush? It is a question Canada's Competition Bureau says it cannot answer. Three years ago, Friends of the Earth Canada and lawyers from Ecojustice filed a grievance with t...
Oct 09, 2022
Andrea Skinner resigns as Hockey Canada's interim chair
Hockey Canada has confirmed that Andrea Skinner, interim chair of the organization's board of directors, has submitted her resignation. Skinner assumed the role in August after the resignation of form...
Oct 08, 2022
Incoming Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to seek Brooks-Medicine Hat seat
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - Incoming Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she will seek the southeastern seat of Brooks-Medicine Hat in a byelection, even though she doesn't live in the area. Smith, who won ...
Oct 08, 2022
Quebec businessman and philanthropist André Chagnon, founder of Vidéotron, dead at 94
MONTREAL - Andr Chagnon, a Quebec businessman who founded telecommunications giant Vidotron and later set up one of the largest family foundations in the country, has died. In a statement, his family ...
Oct 08, 2022
'Pushed to the back': First Nations women under-represented as chiefs in Canada
More than a year after Sheila North unsuccessfully ran to lead one of Manitoba's largest First Nations political organizations, the Cree leader and journalist is ready to try again. The Assembly of Ma...
Oct 08, 2022
'Arrival of a new Arctic': Study predicts Arctic rainy days will double by 2100
YELLOWKNIFE - While the Arctic is better known for blankets of snow than rain clouds, new research suggests the number of rainy days in the region will roughly double by the end of this century. The s...
Oct 08, 2022
Veterans, legion butt heads over use of poppy on election signs
OTTAWA - Two veterans running for municipal council north of Toronto have run afoul of the Royal Canadian Legion for using the image of the poppy on their election campaign signs. Nickolas Harper and ...
Oct 08, 2022
B.C. agrees to pay $300,000 to couple who say logging flooded their property
Lawyers for the British Columbia government have agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit by a couple whose property flooded after a third of the forest in the surrounding watershed was cut down. Th...
Oct 08, 2022
Toronto fans gather to cheer on the Blue Jays in wild-card opener
TORONTO - Jersey-clad fans of all ages descended on downtown Toronto Friday afternoon to cheer on the Blue Jays in the opening game of the wild-card American League series. Jesse Woolford, one of the ...
Oct 07, 2022