GOGAMA, Ont. — Another train derailment in northern Ontario has added new fuel to the ongoing debate over whether rail is a safe way of transporting crude oil.First Nations and environmentalists are among those expressing alarm over Saturday's derailment of a CN Rail train that caused several tank cars carrying crude oil to catch fire and spill into a local river system.
OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of new housing construction slowed down in February, with fewer multiple-unit projects such as condos and apartments. CMHC says the seasonally adjusted annual rate decreased to 156,276 units in February, down from 187,025 in January — an below the estimate of 179,000 units.
SURREY, B.C. — Members of two naval cadet programs in British Columbia are being asked to help police after a former program volunteer was charged with child luring. The RCMP issued a news release Friday that said Victor Overfield, 27, of North Vancouver was arrested last December. He was charged with one count of child luring and one count of sexual touching
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — A Toronto pastor who lost contact with his family over a month ago while on a humanitarian mission in North Korea has been detained in that country, a spokeswoman for the man's family said Thursday.
VANCOUVER — A chemical fire at Vancouver's port was declared fully extinguished Thursday night after burning for more than 24 hours, allowing investigators to start their work to determine what ignited it.
TORONTO — The first online database of classified documents leaked by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has been created in Canada. The Snowden Archive is a joint project between Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and the Politics of Surveillance Project at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto.
