Новости за 28.03.2017

Quebecers will see a bit more money in their pocketbooks thanks to the 2017 Quebec budget. But will the tax relief make up for the pain for the austerity years?

The new Airbus A350-900 airplane touched down in Canada for its first scheduled flight on Tuesday, as Cathay Pacific began using the modern aircraft to service its Hong Kong to Vancouver route.

A resort in B.C.'s interior has closed to the public due to high landslide activity on the mountain, leaving the owners without their home and their long-time business.

A popular brand of all-purpose flour sold in Western Canada is being recalled due to possible E. coli contamination.

Conservative senators came to the defence of their colleague Lynn Beyak Tuesday, saying she has a right to free speech and should remain a member of the Red Chamber's Aboriginal Peoples committee

A Calgary woman was stunned by the honesty of a C-Train driver who found and helped return her lost purse containing $1,300 in cash.

A team of astrophysicists has discovered that supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies aren't just destroyers of stars, but also their creators.

An increasing number of drugs can be used to alter self-control, empathy and benevolence. Are we getting dangerously close to a 'morality pill'? The Current explores the ethics of a pill that would make us more moral.

A three-year-old Fort McMurray boy had his first encounter with the law this week, when he received a speeding ticket while cruising in his miniature Ford F-150.

Kitchener residents interested in getting backyard chickens have to option of renting the birds to try it out.

USA Hockey and the women's national team reached a tentative agreement in their wage dispute that will avert a boycott of the upcoming world championships, according to a USA Today report on Tuesday.

A New Zealand environmentalist has challenged his country's environment minister to a fist fight over the government's water pollution policy. The loser has to take a dip in a Christchurch swimming hole no longer fit for swimming.

U.S. President Donald Trump signs 'Energy Independence' executive order, rolling back climate rules put in place by Obama.

Heath Canada warns consumers that ingredients in a skin cream promoted as a natural treatment for children and babies may pose serious health risks.

The family of a Canadian filmmaker and conservationist who died during a shark filming excursion in the Florida Keys has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

A strange and gruesome case of animal cruelty is being investigated by RCMP in Manitoba.

A Canadian naval ship was part of a joint operation with the U.S. Coast Guard that carried out a massive drug bust in international waters.

A Calgary woman who was accidentally given private medical information belonging to dozens of other people says she's been trying to do the right thing with the documents for nearly two years and is frustrated by the slow pace of the investigation.

Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says there could be room to improve the North American Free Trade Agreement.

​President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday aimed at moving forward on his campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama's plan to curb global warming.

The Scottish Parliament voted 69-59 to back First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's call to ask the British government for an independence vote, but the U.K. says it won't entertain the idea until Brexit is complete.

The head of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee has no plans to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. Top Democrats are calling on Republican Devin Nunes to step aside. They say as a member of Trump's transition team, he's too close to this White House to conduct an impartial probe. Nunes says he has no plans to step aside.

The United Nations and Amnesty International are sounding the alarm over the rising number of Mosul residents killed by coalition and Iraqi forces as the battle to free Iraq's second largest city continues.

The roar of a snowblower. An orca's breath underwater. Bed sheets on a laundry line, snapping in the Newfoundland wind. A new project is hoping to round up Canadian noises like these to make a sound library for the country.

Package delivery firm Purolator suspended acceptance of new shipments Tuesday after its largest union issued 72 hours' notice of a possible strike, which would commence Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. ET.