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Regulator approves Trans Mountain pipeline variance request
CALGARY – The Canada Energy Regulator has approved a request for a pipeline variance from the company building the Trans Mountain pipeline. The regulator said Friday evening it will release the reasons for its decision in the coming weeks. At an oral hearing in Calgary Friday, the Crown corporation behind the project urged the regulator ... Read More »
Polls open as Taiwan voters choose next president, weighing China’S threat and island’s stability
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – Taiwanese are casting their votes Saturday for a new president in an election that could chart the trajectory of its relations with China over the next four years. At stake is the peace and stability of the 110-mile-wide (177-kilometer-wide) strip of water between the Chinese mainland and the self-governed island claimed ... Read More »
Canadian men’s rugby sevens players talk importance of Vancouver stop to grow sport
VANCOUVER – Canada men’s rugby sevens coach Sean White calls it a moment of realization for his players. With the HSBC SVNS Series coming back to Vancouver in February this year, he said the stop is important to grow the sport and showcase to his players where they have come from. Walking along the concourse ... Read More »
Los Angeles police Chief Michel Moore announces he is retiring at the end of February
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Los Angeles police chief announced his retirement Friday in an unexpected departure as the head of one of the nation’s largest law enforcement agencies. Chief Michel Moore’s tenure will end in February. He has been chief since 2018 and had been reappointed last year for a second term as chief ... Read More »
Proving genocide at top UN court requires ‘compelling evidence,’ Joly says
OTTAWA – Canada’s foreign affairs minister says there is a high legal threshold for proving claims of genocide, though the Liberal government isn’t taking a clear position for or against South Africa’s case against Israel at the top United Nations court. “We will follow the proceedings of South Africa’s case at the International Court of ... Read More »
Court upholds murder conviction for ex-B.C. Lion Joshua Boden
VANCOUVER – The B.C. Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld the murder conviction of a former Canadian Football League player in the death of his girlfriend in 2009. Joshua Boden was found guilty in 2021 of second-degree murder in the death of 33-year-old Kimberly Hallgarth in the Burnaby, B.C., home she shared with her three-year-old ... Read More »
Security footage shows drivers passing man who fell off Regina bus before his death
REGINA – A security camera has captured the more than seven hours a Regina man lay outside, waving for help from passing vehicles, before his death in freezing temperatures after he stumbled from a city bus. “Why are we turning a blind eye to help people?” said Jeff Holt, whose courier business Flatlander Express caught ... Read More »
The Australian Open and what to know: Earlier start. Netflix curse? Osaka’s back. Nadal’s not
Iga Swiatek seemed to capture the general sentiment of Australian Open players toward the tournament’s decision to begin on a Sunday instead of a Monday, creating a 15-day event. “It doesn’t really matter,” the top-seeded Swiatek said at Melbourne Park. Certainly not to her: Swiatek’s half of the women’s draw won’t start until Monday, anyway. ... Read More »
‘Bigger than hockey’: Poulin, PWHL Montreal hope to inspire at home opener
MONTREAL – Captain Marie-Philip Poulin believes it’s “bigger than hockey,” veteran forward Ann-Sophie Bettez calls it the “arrival of everything,” and general manager Daniele Sauvageau can’t even put it into words. After road games in Ottawa, Minnesota and New York to start the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s inaugural season, Montreal finally plays its first game ... Read More »
Feds say U.S., Ukraine haven’t finalized deal on air defence donation
OTTAWA – The Department of National Defence says Canada’s donation of an air-defence system to Ukraine is in the midst of clearing one final administrative hurdle with the U.S. government. A spokesperson says Ukraine and the U.S. are finalizing a letter of acceptance that will confirm delivery timelines for a surface-to-air missile system Canada pledged ... Read More »
‘Every day counts’: Trans Mountain urges speed on variance decision from regulator
CALGARY – The Canada Energy Regulator said it will issue its decision “in due course” after hearing arguments Friday from the company building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on its request for a pipeline variance. At an oral hearing in Calgary, the Crown corporation behind the project urged the regulator to make a decision quickly ... Read More »
