New federal research suggests greenhouse gas emissions from Alberta’s oilsands may be significantly higher than industry reports. In a study published Tuesday, Environment Canada scientists say four major oilsands mines are releasing an average of about one-third more carbon dioxide per barrel of oil than they report — a crucial number used for everything from […]
MIRAMICHI, N.B. — Four teenagers from eastern New Brunswick died late Saturday when the vehicle they were in flipped after it veered off a wet, rural road and landed on its roof in a ditch filled with icy water. The Miramichi Police Force said heroic efforts were made to save the two males and two […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan officials failed to heed warnings from intelligence agencies about the threat of an attack by a domestic radical Muslim group that officials blame for Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 200 people, the country’s health minister said Monday. The co-ordinated bombings that ripped through churches and luxury hotels […]
MONTREAL — Quebecers whose homes are repeatedly flooded may eventually be forced to move, Premier Francois Legault said Sunday as he toured an area enduring its second bout of spring flooding in three years. Legault visited Laval’s Ile Bigras, where soldiers from the Canadian Armed Forces were busy stacking sandbags up a barrier along the […]
CHARLOTETOWN, P.E.I. — With only a few days before voters were to go to the polls in Prince Edward Island, the Green party suspended all campaigning Saturday after the sudden death of one of its candidates and his young son. The party confirmed Saturday that Josh Underhay and his son died in a canoeing accident […]
PARIS — More than $1 billion in donations have poured in for the vast restoration of the fire-ravaged Notre Dame cathedral, but a pledge by French President Emmanuel Macron that it will be completed within five years was facing accusations of being wildly off track. Macron said the renovations to restore iconic 19th century spire, […]
OTTAWA — The sting of evacuations due to spring flooding at a First Nation in northern Ontario is hitting harder this year, as government promises for a permanent new location are far from reality. Starting on Monday, more than 2,500 members of the Kashechewan First Nation were to be flown out from the reserve, located […]
PENTICTON, B.C. — A retired city employee has been charged with four counts of murder after a series of shootings in Penticton, B.C., closed a large swath of the community Monday during a police response involving dozens of officers. Dan McLaughlin of the B.C. prosecution service said Tuesday that three counts of first-degree murder and […]
EDMONTON — An unofficial turnout shows nearly 70 per cent of Albertans voted in Tuesday’s provincial election — the highest in decades. Elections Alberta said about 2,615,000 people in Alberta were registered to vote. Deputy chief electoral officer Drew Westwater said the unofficial turnout was 69.9 per cent, based on numbers crunched by mid-afternoon Wednesday. […]
OTTAWA — Two charities are brushing off Alberta premier-designate Jason Kenney’s threat to probe their finances, resurrecting an old animus between Conservatives and environmental groups. Kenney’s United Conservative Party handedly defeated Rachel Notley’s New Democrats Tuesday, sweeping into power with a majority government. His lengthy victory speech in a Calgary ballroom focused on supporting Alberta’s […]