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Chinese embassy in Ottawa demands release of Huawei exec arrested in Vancouver
China's embassy in Ottawa is demanding the immediate release of Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer, who was arrested in Vancouver over the weekend and faces possible extradition to the United States.
Half of world's right whales spotted in Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2018
Nearly half of all North Atlantic right whales in the world were spotted in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence this year during surveillance that officials say will inform future protection measures.
Put oil 'crisis' on first ministers agenda: Alberta, Saskatchewan premiers
Alberta and Saskatchewan want issues facing the oilpatch to be on the agenda when premiers meet with the prime minister later this week.
B.C. chief says one major oil spill could ruin her nation's economy forever
Leaders from several north-coast B.C. First Nations say if the Senate doesn't approve a bill barring super-sized oil tankers from the region, their thriving but fragile marine-based economies will die.
B.C. to introduce clean climate plan as carbon-emitting LNG industry grows
British Columbia is poised to announce its plan to fight climate change while it accommodates the carbon polluting liquefied natural gas industry.
Bank of Canada expected to hold benchmark interest rate as economic clouds gather
The Bank of Canada is widely expected to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent today, December 05, 2018, after a 25-basis-point increase at its last setting in October.
Labour, environment standards key to getting USMCA through: Canadian ambassador
Canada's pressure to include "soft things" like labour standards in the new North American free-trade treaty will help secure critical support for the deal from Democrats in the United States Congress, the Canadian ambassador to the U.S. says.
Newly discovered cave in B.C. park might be the largest in Canada
A newly discovered cave in a remote valley in British Columbia's Wells Gray Provincial Park might just be the country's largest.
Generals haven't considered name change after news of Oshawa's GM plant closure
Oshawa Generals team president and governor Rocco Tullio says the five-time Memorial Cup-winning club hasn't explored the possibility of changing its name now that General Motors plans to leave the city.
Car quotas and labour rights: Two key changes in the newly signed USMCA
Initial analysis on the final text of the new North American trade pact Canada signed on Friday is pointing to two changes — one potentially helpful for the auto sector, the other potentially problematic for labour rights.