Category: Canada Business

CN Rail is working to clean up an oil leak after nearly 40 train cars carrying crude oil derailed near a western Manitoba village early Saturday morning.

Community members left grief-stricken by the death of an 11-year-old Brampton, Ont., girl gathered at a park near the child’s school to light candles, lay flowers and show support for the child’s family at a vigil Saturday evening.

The vacationers, who had been unable to return home because of violent street protests in Haiti, were transported by helicopter to the airport in Port-au-Prince, the capital, then flown to Montreal.

The battleground for pipelines and the oil and gas industry was set in Moosomin, Sask., on Saturday, as Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer blasted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his handling of the energy file.

Heather Nauert, picked by President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations but never officially nominated, has withdrawn from consideration, the State Department said.

With a self-defeating sound bite on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump embarked on a legally dubious “emergency” course to build his border wall, setting up a constitutional clash and sparking anxieties among Republicans about how a future Democratic president might someday return the favour.

Pope Francis has defrocked former U.S. cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing confession and of sexual crimes against minors and adults, the Holy See said Saturday.

As U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence launched a renewed rebuke of European powers over their position on Iran and Venezuela on Saturday, leaders from Canada and Germany defended their own multilateral vision for how the West should address world crises.

Chicago police said Saturday the investigation into the attack reported by Jussie Smollett has “shifted” due to information received from two brothers arrested in the case then released, and police want to interview the Empire actor again.

Public relations firm Edelman says it’s suspending its consulting arrangement with former B.C. premier and former high commissioner to the U.K. Gordon Campbell pending a British police investigation.