Liam Casey

6 days ago | nationalobserver.com | Alison Jones |Liam Casey

Construction on the first of four small modular reactors at a nuclear station east of Toronto is set to begin this year with the entire project costing $21 billion. The first reactor at the site of the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station should be completed by 2030, officials said. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission approved Ontario Power Generation's plan last month to build the first of four reactors.

2 weeks ago | castanet.net | Sidhartha Banerjee |Morgan Lowrie |Allison Jones |Liam Casey

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case about whether it's constitutional for police to make a random traffic stop without reasonable suspicion the driver has committed an offence. Canada's highest court announced Thursday it has granted the Quebec government leave to appeal a lower court decision that said random stops lead to racial profiling.

2 weeks ago | castanet.net | Dylan Robertson |Jordan Omstead |Kelly Malone |Liam Casey

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press - | Story: 547687A group trying to make a case for electoral reform by creating very long ballots is declaring victory in this week's election — even as critics accuse it of indulging in stunts that undermine democracy. "It's been a success," said Mark Moutter, one of dozens of protest candidates who ran in the Ottawa riding of Carleton.

2 weeks ago | castanet.net | Liam Casey |Allison Jones |Fakiha Baig

Jonathan Pedneault has announced his resignation as Green Party co-leader, effective immediately. The move comes after the party secured only one seat in the recent federal election, when fellow co-leader Elizabeth May won her riding in B.C.The party fell to only 1.3 per cent national support and chose not to run candidates in more than 100 ridings in order to prevent Conservative wins. The decision to pull back some candidates cost the Greens their spots in the two nationally televised debates.

2 weeks ago | castanet.net | Nicholas Johansen |Kathy Michaels |Allison Jones |Liam Casey

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he wants to focus on unity the day after the federal election, refusing to shoot back at comments from a Conservative MP calling the premier a "problem" and an opportunist. Jamil Jivani, who won Bowmanville-Oshawa North, said in an interview with CBC on election night that Ford inserted himself in the federal campaign and Conservatives should not be taking advice from him.