Canada’s main Inuit organization is defending the country’s strengthened Arctic shipping regulations despite recent criticism from the world’s largest association of maritime cargo carriers that the new rules are “drastic” and may violate international law.
The fighter jet pilot injured Friday in Lethbridge when his CF-18 crashed during airshow training is expected to remain in hospital under observation for a few more days, says a Canadian Forces spokeswoman.
A Canadian Air Force CF-18 fighter jet crashed at the Lethbridge Regional Airport Friday, as the facility was getting ready for the Alberta International Airshow.
Three major quakes measuring between magnitude 7.3 and 7.4 hit the southern Philippines early Saturday, seismologists said, but there were no reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.
Hells Angels are rolling into Calgary Escort for their annual weekend gathering of outlaw bikers just outside the city.
Despite cutting last year’s deficit to just $1 billion, Premier Ed Stelmach warned Albertans this week he anticipates his government’s books will stay in the red when 2010-11 projections are made public late next month. “We got hit with the dollar exchange,” he told people in Wembley, Alta., earlier
An “amateurish” scheme to raise money by trading U.S. treasury bills was illegal under provincial securities laws, the Alberta Securities Commission has ruled.
Fraud charges laid against Nazim Gillani, the Toronto businessman linked to ex-MP Rahim Jaffer, were withdrawn Thursday in a Newmarket, Ont., courtroom, according to Gillani’s spokesperson.
UN judges have said that Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia did not violate international law in a ruling that could trigger demands for recognition from other secessionist states.
A pair of reclusive Clouded Leopard cubs, or Neofelis nebulosa, were born two months ago in a rare birth in captivity for the species and are doing well, a Paris zoo said Wednesday.