Category Archives: Canada

Canadian wildlife enforcement blitz nets black-bear parts, African anteaters
OTTAWA - Canadian wildlife enforcement officers have seized dozens of black-bear parts, diet pills made from endangered African plants and the bodies of two scaly anteaters as...
Jul 12, 2019

Military looks to guard satellites from 'natural and artificial threats'
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is looking for new ideas and technology to protect satellites from natural and artificial threats, according to a tender issued Friday. Satellites are vulnerable ...
Jul 12, 2019

Top brass shuffled again as army commander becomes military's second-in-command
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces' top brass is being shuffled again following the surprise resignation this week of the military's second-in-command. Canadian Army commander Lt.-Gen. Jean-Marc Lanthier is...
Jul 12, 2019

Clooney calls out Trump media vilification at press freedom gathering
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's attacks on the media make reporters more vulnerable to abuse around the world, a prominent lawyer for the rights of journalists told an international gathering o...
Jul 12, 2019

Alberta seeks to intervene in B.C.'s appeal to Supreme Court on energy projects
EDMONTON - Alberta wants to have its say when British Columbia goes to the Supreme Court for a ruling on who is in charge of interprovincial projects like pipelines. The Alberta government says it has...
Jul 12, 2019

Quebec delays sprinkler requirement for private seniors' homes to 2022
QUEBEC - The Quebec government is giving owners of privately owned retirement homes an extra two years to retrofit their residences with sprinkler systems. Such systems were made mandatory four y...
Jul 12, 2019

Ottawa MP who endorsed husband for city council broke conflict code: ethics czar
OTTAWA - An Ottawa member of Parliament violated conflict-of-interest rules when she asked voters to elect her husband to Ottawa city council last year, says Canada's ethics watchdog. But he foun...
Jul 12, 2019

Dozens ill from carbon monoxide out of hospital as leak at hotel investigated
WINNIPEG - Insufficient ventilation is the suspected cause of a carbon monoxide build-up that forced the evacuation of a Winnipeg hotel this week and sent 46 guests and staff to hospital. "I...
Jul 12, 2019

Tories ask CSIS to probe ex-ambassador's comments about advice to China
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs want Canada's intelligence agency to probe whether a former Canadian ambassador is encouraging China to interfere in the upcoming federal election. John McCallum,&n...
Jul 12, 2019

Tories, NDP accuse Liberals of mismanaging military, ruining officers' careers
OTTAWA - Federal opposition parties are accusing the Trudeau government of creating an unprecedented crisis inside the Canadian Armed Forces even as some have started to question the leadership of Can...
Jul 12, 2019