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Keystone XL calls for border crossing construction to start in April
TC Energy Corp. says it plans to begin construction in April to connect the Keystone XL pipeline from the United States into Canada.
Iran announces arrests in plane crash
Iran announced arrests today, January 14, 2020, in the downing of the Ukrainian airliner that killed all 176 people on board last week as Canada and its international allies prepared for a meeting to push for justice for families of the victims.
Morneau says environment will be a key focus of 2020 budget
The federal Liberals' first budget of their minority mandate will put a heavy focus on the environment, which Finance Minister Bill Morneau says should get the opposition support he needs for the budget to pass.
Construction for salmon slide to begin on Fraser River
Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says construction will begin soon to help salmon pass through a section of British Columbia's Fraser River that was largely closed by a landslide.
Giant panda pair born in Canada returned safely to Chinese homeland
The first giant panda twins born in Canada have safely arrived in the land of their roots.
New pneumonia in China not likely high risk for Canada
The federal public health agency says it believes Canadians are at low risk of contracting a new type of pneumonia that has killed one person and made dozens sick in central China, but it has issued a warning to travellers to and from the city of Wuhan.
63 Canadians among 176 dead in Ukrainian airlines crash near Tehran
Dozens of Canadians — some believed to be university students — were among the 176 people killed when a Ukrainian passenger plane crashed minutes after takeoff from Tehran's main airport, Iranian and Ukrainian authorities said on Wednesday, January 8, 2019.
A look at Canada's biggest wildfires in the last two decades
Okanagan Mountain Park, B.C., 2003: 25,600 hectares burned, 33,050 people evacuated, 238 homes burned.
B.C. LNG pipeline project set to resume work despite community protest
The company building a natural gas pipeline as part of a $40 billion liquefied natural gas project in northern British Columbia says it plans to resume construction despite an eviction notice served by members of a First Nation over the weekend.