Category Archives: Canada
Buoyed by huge fan base at Toronto 'home game,' Croatia ends Panama's World Cup bid
TORONTO - A sea of red-and-white checkered jerseys filled Toronto Stadium on Tuesday as Croatia fans turned out in full force to see their team end Panama's World Cup hopes with a 1-0 victory. The sta...
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Ottawa to peg first national interest projects in territories: sources
OTTAWA - Ottawa is expected to announce Wednesday that it will begin the process of designating two key Arctic infrastructure projects as being in the national interest, say government sources. The pr...
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World Cup tourists find Toronto is more than a match day attraction
TORONTO - Halfway through Toronto's World Cup hosting journey, visitors from around the world say the city has offered them much more than soccer. Lovro Mihalec, who travelled to Canada from Croatia f...
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Plan to buy B.C. condos might be more about stabilizing sector than housing: expert
VICTORIA - A government plan to buy empty condominiums and turn them into affordable housing in British Columbia might be more about stabilizing the financial sector than housing, an urban planning ex...
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Wildfire near Lytton, B.C., which triggered evacuations is declared held
The Saw Creek blaze that triggered evacuations in and around the community of Lytton, B.C., is now being held, the provincial wildfire service reported on Tuesday. The status of the seven-square-kilom...
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Minister says 'something' happened to trigger order to surrender citizenship docs
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab said she told her department to investigate when she became aware that "something" had happened to trigger a wave of citizenship document recalls. The minister ...
8h ago
A submarine economic boom is just around corner. So are the challenges.
OTTAWA - As Ottawa inches closer to deciding who will supply the navy's next fleet of submarines, both the benefits and challenges involved in replacing Canada's four rusting antiques are coming to th...
9h ago
Anand announces $35M to boost Caribbean security, tackle Haiti's gang crisis
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announced $35 million in new funding Tuesday for projects aimed at shoring up security and curbing violence in the Caribbean. Anand was in Panama on Tuesd...
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'Many unanswered questions': Accused Montreal gunman was Alberta university student
LETHBRIDGE - Police and a university in southern Alberta were pulled Tuesday into the investigation of a fatal police shooting in Montreal after the accused gunman was identified as a student at the s...
10h ago
Bank of Canada security workers start job action after talks fail
OTTAWA - Security officers at the Bank of Canada began a job action today after talks failed to secure a new collective agreement between the central bank and the union. The Public Service Alliance of...
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