WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have resurrected their efforts to force speedy approval of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline, attempting to insert provisions aimed at greenlighting the project into legislation before both the House of Representatives and the Senate this week. Mitch McConnell, Senate minority leader, is co-sponsoring the Republicans’ Keystone XL…
WINNIPEG — The murder trial of former Saskatchewan political adviser Mark Stobbe has heard some graphic forensic evidence. An RCMP blood spatter expert said Stobbe’s wife was attacked while upright, taken to a car in her garage, and then driven to a remote spot while blood continued to leave her…
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Ray Hawco was in line on Feb. 14, 1982 to board what turned out to be the last chopper headed for the doomed Ocean Ranger drilling rig off Newfoundland. Seventeen passengers waited for 16 seats that day, he said on the eve of the 30th anniversary…
OTTAWA — The union representing Air Canada pilots has been given an overwhelming mandate to call a strike, though the pilots have said they won’t use that option while mediated talks are ongoing. The union says 97 per cent of the 3,000 Air Canada pilots it represents have voted in…
TORONTO — The Ontario-based security contractor who has worked for Moammar Gadhafi’s son says he’ll soon face immigration officials to convince them he should stay in Canada. But Gary Peters insists he’s done nothing wrong. The Australian-born Peters says he’s been told he’ll have to go before the Canada Border…
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — The lawyer for an off-duty RCMP officer accused of obstructing justice by leaving the scene of a fatal motorcycle accident and then pounding back two shots of vodka to “calm his nerves” is arguing testimony about the officer’s statement should be disallowed. Cpl. Monty Robinson is…
U.S. officials say that a fatal derailment in Illinois was the result of a failure by CN Rail to adequately warn an oncoming train about a washout. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a long-awaited report that CN had discovered the washout an hour before the derailment but didn’t…
Police and EMS workers who were on the scene after a collision that killed 10 migrant workers and one truck driver said it was “amazing” and a “miracle” that three people survived. The van required a Class F licence because it had more than 10 seats. The OPP says they…
OTTAWA — The first tranche of fresh, new census data is coming out this week, and Ted Hildebrandt is giddy with anticipation. The director of social planning for Community Development Halton has been relying on the 2006 census data to figure out how to make Burlington, Ont., more receptive to…
A representative of Canada’s manufacturers says lack of competition and retailer profit margins explain some of the price gap between Canada and the United States. The representative from Canada’s manufacturers and exporters says on average retailers realize about 12 per cent profits on sales. And he says retailers face less…
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