OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the most divisive prime minister in the history of Canada. In an interview with The Canadian Press this week, Scheer is lashing out at the prime minister and the Liberal party for dismissing anyone who criticizes any facet of Canada’s immigration system. He…
Electric Cars and Public Transit will Help Canada Reach Paris Climate Agreement
OTTAWA — Even with a national carbon tax, phasing out coal power, forcing the use of cleaner fuels and making buildings more efficient, Canada is still 79 million tonnes of greenhouse gases shy of hitting its existing promise to cut emissions. Environment and Climate Change Canada officials believe faster adoption of things like electric cars…
552 Carat Diamond Found in Canada
YELLOWKNIFE — A Canadian mining firm says it has unearthed the largest diamond ever found in North America. Dominion Diamond Mines says the 552−carat yellow diamond was found at its Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories in October. It says the stone “far surpasses” the previous record−holder, known as the Diavik Foxfire, which was found…
Coal Power in Canada Must Go By 2029
OTTAWA — The death knell for coal−fired electricity in Canada is set to ring in just over 12 years. Ottawa put the final regulations in effect this week with such strict pollution standards for coal−power plants that only one plant in Canada can possibly meet them. The Boundary Dam coal plant in Saskatchewan uses carbon…
Police Looking For Canadian Woman Missing in Mexico
MONTREAL — Authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding a 41−year−old Quebec woman who left on vacation to Mexico last month and never returned home. Quebec provincial police say Christine St−Onge of the Montreal suburb of Laval travelled to Los Cabos, Mexico on Nov. 29 with a male friend. They were supposed to…
Second Accident Terrifying for Humbolt Player
CALGARY — A terrifying ordeal for Humboldt Broncos survivor Ryan Straschnitzki this past week as the bus carrying him home from physiotherapy was rear−ended by a truck. Straschnitzki, 19, was one of 13 survivors April 6 when a team bus was hit by a semi−trailer at an intersection north of Tisdale, Sask. Sixteen people died.…
Foreign Countries Will Try to Influence Canadian Opinion Online
OTTAWA — Canada’s federal cybersecurity centre says foreign countries are very likely to try to advance their agendas in 2019 — a general election year — by manipulating Canadian opinion with malicious online activity. In a report today, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security warns that state−sponsored players can conduct sophisticated influence operations by posing…
Stop Scooping Indigenous Children From Families Needlessly
OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says the federal government’s proposed legislation on Indigenous child services can be a clarion call across Canada to stop scooping children from families needlessly. Speaking at a gathering of Assembly of First Nations chiefs at an Ottawa hotel Wednesday, Philpott said families should not be torn apart because…
Canada’s Largest Cave Discovered
VANCOUVER — A newly discovered cave in a remote valley in British Columbia’s Wells Gray Provincial Park might just be the country’s largest. The feature was spotted by a helicopter crew from the province’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change in March, when they were conducting a caribou census through the northeastern part of the…
Half of Country’s Salmon Population Endangered
Scientists who evaluate the health of Canada’s wild plants and animals have concluded that half the country’s chinook salmon populations are endangered. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife In Canada says some only number a couple of hundred fish and are in danger of disappearing. The finding was released as part of the…