Category Archives: Canada

Canada may need additional carbon taxes to meet its Paris targets, PBO says
OTTAWA - Canada's price on carbon will have to be five times what it is now if the country is to reach its Paris Agreement greenhouse-gas emissions targets just by charging for those emissions, Parlia...
Jun 15, 2019

CSIS destroyed secret file on Pierre Trudeau, stunning historians
OTTAWA - The Canadian Press has learned that Canada's spy service destroyed a Cold War dossier on Pierre Trudeau in 1989 instead of turning it over to the national archives. The Canadia...
Jun 15, 2019

No business case for Trans Mountain expansion, says former environment minister
VANCOUVER - A former Liberal environment minister is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet to reject the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, arguing there is no economic basis for the pro...
Jun 15, 2019

Butterfly garden keeper manages to film large tarantula shedding exoskeleton
VICTORIA - A 20-centimetre tarantula capable of killing a bird has been filmed at its most vulnerable state shedding its armour-like exoskelton at a Victoria-area tropical jungle insectarium...
Jun 15, 2019

Feds announce $10M for RCMP to fight money laundering after ministers' meeting
VANCOUVER - The federal government has announced $10 million to help the RCMP prosecute money laundering after a special meeting of Canada's finance and justice ministers to discuss the pervasive...
Jun 15, 2019

Fans delirious as Raptors best Warriors to win NBA championship
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors, a team whose magical playoff run sparked civic pride and raucous enthusiasm across Canada, sent fans into fits of unbridled joy on Thursday as they beat the reigning cha...
Jun 15, 2019

Victorious Raptors expected to return to Toronto today after becoming NBA champs
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors are expected to return home today after their electrifying NBA championship win south of the border. The team - the first NBA franchise outside the U.S. to win the Finals...
Jun 15, 2019

Telegraph-Journal wins 2018 Michener Award recognizing public-service journalism
OTTAWA - The Telegraph-Journal in New Brunswick has been named the winner of the 2018 Michener Award, which honours excellence in public-service journalism. The Saint John-based newspaper wa...
Jun 14, 2019

Ottawa to issue apology to Italian Canadians mistreated during Second World War
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will issue a formal apology to Italians mistreated in Canada during the Second World War. Trudeau made the announcement Friday...
Jun 14, 2019

First Nations, developer call for return and protection of sacred burial site
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Indigenous leaders from across British Columbia and parts of the United States gathered at a sacred burial site in Abbotsford, B.C., to call for its protection by the provincia...
Jun 14, 2019