An ambitious plan to cut down 80,000 trees inside Halifax’s most popular seaside park has been put on hold until the fall to protect the nests of migratory birds. Earlier this week, city officials announced the cutting at Point Pleasant Park – aimed at restoring the health of the park’s Acadian forest – would be […]
VANCOUVER/NEW YORK • Huawei’s chief financial officer intends to seek a stay of extradition proceedings in part based on statements by President Donald Trump about the case, which her lawyers say disqualifies the United States from pursuing the matter in Canada. CFO Meng Wanzhou, 47, the daughter of Huawei Technologies’ billionaire founder Ren Zhengfei, was […]
An appearance by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at an event for Liberal supporters in Toronto was interrupted by a protester from Grassy Narrows First Nation Thursday. The unidentified woman called on the federal government to make good on its promise to provide a mercury treatment centre for the northwestern Ontario community. She cut into a […]
The federal government is planning to loosen its industrial requirements for fighter-jet makers in the $19-billion competition to replace Canada’s aging CF-18s. The planned modification follows recent U.S. complaints that the previous criteria violated Canada’s obligations as one of nine partner countries in the development of the F-35, one of the small handful of planes […]
Manning spent 62 days in jail after refusing to answer questions to a federal grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. Chelsea Manning, an ex-US military intelligence analyst who was being detained for refusing to testify before a grand jury, has been released and immediately summoned to appear before a new grand jury, according to her lawyers. Manning was […]
A Rhode Island school district that has faced an uproar over its policy to serve cold sandwiches to students with unpaid cafeteria bills will vote next week on a proposal to reverse it, the superintendent said on Thursday. Warwick Public Schools unveiled a new policy on Sunday under which students with unpaid lunchroom bills could […]
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney was the man of the hour Thursday evening, at a fundraiser benefiting the CHUM hospital foundation. The soiree was meant to be a gala honouring Mulroney for his frequent contributions to the foundation, but Mulroney had other ideas. He said he would only accept if he could take the opportunity […]
Staff and students at George McDougall High School in Airdrie are mourning the loss of Jacqueline Avery after she was killed in a collision Wednesday afternoon. The 17-year-old girl was in a vehicle that was involved in a crash at Highway 567 and Range Road 285 when it collided with another vehicle at around 1 […]
Montreal residents will no longer have to pay to treat their ash trees against the highly destructive emerald ash borer insect, the city announced on Thursday. A native insect of Asia, the harmful emerald ash borer has killed tens of millions of trees since it was first detected in North America in 2002. Related Emerald Ash […]
When global engineering firms told the Mexican government that building a new refinery according to the country’s budget and timeline would be impossible, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador refused to accept their verdict. Instead, the president said Thursday that the state-owned oil company, Pemex, and the Energy Ministry, would take charge of the project. He […]