Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative constituency campaign manager has resigned amid accusations of "vote-buying" with Tim Hortons gift cards. Peter Zwicker, the Tory campaign manager for ...

OTTAWA - Labour Minister Steven Mackinnon says he is intervening to end the port strikes in both Vancouver and Montreal. He says the negotiations have reached an impasse and he is directing the Canada...

The Canada Union of Postal Workers has issued 72 hour strike notice to Canada Post. More coming. The Canadian Press

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Ottawa urges more talks in B.C. port dispute The federal government is urging both sides in the British Columb...

OTTAWA - A small business advocacy group is re-upping calls to eliminate the carbon tax, after it says members learned the Canada carbon rebate for small businesses is a taxable benefit. In a letter t...

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his partner in a Montreal suburb was out on bail for uttering threats against her when she was killed. Shilei Du was charged to...

The Surrey Police Service is less than three weeks from taking over from the RCMP to manage policing in British Columbia's second most populous municipality, but there's still no deal on how responsib...

MONTREAL - Private Martine Roy was only 20 years old in 1984 when she was arrested, interrogated and dismissed from the Canadian Armed Forces for being what was then termed a "sexual deviant." Today, ...

VANCOUVER - The federal government is urging both sides in the British Columbia port dispute to return to the table after mediated talks broke off on Saturday, the first of three scheduled days. A sta...

Business groups are raising concerns about the broad effects of another round of labour disruptions in the transport sector as Canada faces shutdowns at its two biggest ports. Canadian Manufacturers &...