Nova Scotia designates nine areas in Halifax for accelerated housing development
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s housing minister has given a special designation to nine areas in the Halifax region with the aim of accelerating the development of as many as 22,600 new residential units. John Lohr told reporters Friday the move is
Crews remove snow from damaged Alaska pipeline oil tanks
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Workers at the end point of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline are using saws to cut up large blocks of hard-packed snow on top of oil storage tanks so they can shove the chunks off the tanks.
Feds commit another $2B to provinces to address health backlogs caused by COVID-19
OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the federal government will commit another $2 billion to help provincial health systems work through their surgical and diagnostic backlogs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The money, included in the newly...
Environmental group gives guarded support for company’s old-growth forest plan
VANCOUVER — An environmental organization is offering cautious support for an announcement by the largest private landowner in British Columbia that will defer logging in 400 square kilometres of old-growth forest for the next 25 years. Mosaic Forest M...
YouTube warns federal bill could hit digital creators’ earnings from abroad
OTTAWA — YouTube has warned that Canadian digital creators, including influencers and streamers, could lose foreign revenue if the government forces digital platforms to promote Canadian content. The proposed legislation that would force YouTube and ot...
B.C. drivers getting one-time rebate to help with rising fuel prices
VICTORIA — British Columbia's public auto insurer is giving a one-time rebate to help drivers cope with the cost of rising fuel prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Premier John Horgan announced Friday. Horgan said the provincial government ...
First lady Jill Biden visits St. Jude, meets Ukrainian kids
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden traveled to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Tennessee on Friday to meet with Ukrainian children with cancer and their families fleeing the war and seeking treatment in the U.S.
A bilateral data-sharing deal with U.S. better than status quo, says privacy watchdog
WASHINGTON — Canada's privacy watchdog wants the federal government to ensure any bilateral data-sharing agreement with the United States includes "explicit safeguards" to protect the rights of Canadians. The two countries agreed this week to pursue a ...
Lawsuit: EPA fails to protect Montana rivers from pollution
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A conservation group has filed a lawsuit against U.S. environmental officials for alleged failure to intervene after the Montana Legislature rolled back longstanding water pollution rules.
WHO reviewing policy after rejecting emergency use of Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA — The World Health Organization says it is reviewing its policies after opting not to accept a made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. Health Canada authorized Medicago's two-dose Covifenz vaccine in February for adults 18 to 64. WHO ...
