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Greenpeace calls for charges over releases from Imperial's Kearl oilsands mine
OTTAWA - An environmental group is calling for Imperial Oil to be charged over releases of toxic wastewater from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta. The call from Greenpeace comes as executiv...
Apr 20, 2023
Oklahoma court upholds Richard Glossip’s murder conviction
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma appeals court on Thursday upheld the murder conviction of death row inmate Richard Glossip, paving the way for Glossip to be executed on May 18, despite the state atto...
Apr 20, 2023
Montreal police ask for public help as they investigate assaults on two Hasidic Jews
MONTREAL - The Montreal police hate crimes unit is asking for the public's help as it attempts to identify a young man who assaulted two Hasidic Jews on the night of Jan. 20. In a security video of th...
Apr 20, 2023
US moves military assets to Djibouti for possible Sudan evac
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon is moving military assets to a Naval base in the tiny Gulf of Aden nation of Djibouti to prepare for the possible evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel from Sudan. Two Bi...
Apr 20, 2023
Indigenous groups going to court over Quebec's French-language reforms
QUEBEC - Two Indigenous groups are going to court over the reforms passed last year to Quebec's French-language law. The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador and the First Nations Education Counc...
Apr 20, 2023
Quebec education minister issues directive banning prayer rooms in schools
MONTREAL - Quebec's education minister is moving forward with a promise to ban prayer rooms in schools. Bernard Drainville issued a directive late Wednesday saying schools must ensure that none of the...
Apr 20, 2023
Feds can't say which regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions are working: audit
OTTAWA - Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco says the federal government doesn't know how well its regulations are working to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. One of his spring audits issued today ...
Apr 20, 2023
Winter storm to leave Saskatchewan by Friday morning
Parts of Saskatchewan were thrown into a snow globe Wednesday and Old Man Winter wouldn't stop shaking it.Winter storms and heavy snowfall wrought havoc on the southeastern corner of the province.Acco...
Apr 20, 2023
Feds can't say which regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions are working: audit
OTTAWA - Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco says the federal government doesn't know how well its regulations are working to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. One of his spring audits issued today ...
Apr 20, 2023
Family of N.S. student murdered in drug deal deliver impact statements in court
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia judge heard victim impact statements today during a sentencing hearing for a former Halifax medical student who murdered a 22-year-old man during a drug deal. William Sandeson ...
Apr 20, 2023
