Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - When August rolled around, April Hicke realized the $100 she typically gives her 13-year-old son to update his wardrobe in time for school to start was no longer enough. "Even on the sale ra...

MONTREAL - A Quebec union representing 80,000 health-care workers has dismissed the province's latest contract offer and called on its members to refuse to work overtime beginning Sept. 19. Fdration i...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... StatCan to release second quarter GDP report today Statistics Canada is set to release its gross domestic prod...

OTTAWA - Universities Canada says enrolment by students from outside Canada has fallen below the cap the federal government set on international student visas this year. The immigration minister annou...

VICTORIA - BC United Leader Kevin Falcon couldn't resist sarcasm when asked on Tuesday how his party's rebranding from its long-standing identity as the British Columbia Liberals was going. "Spectacul...

Yukon's Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation says an independent review of a disaster at the Eagle Gold mine on its territory is urgently needed but it has serious concerns the Yukon government is trying to "...

MONTREAL - An English-language university that was exempted from Quebec's controversial tuition hike says it's still seeing a drop in enrolment of out-of-province students. Bishop's University, in Que...

MONTREAL - Law professors at McGill University were on the picket line today, forcing the cancellation of classes during the first week of the fall semester. Kirsten Anker, a law professor and the uni...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says convicted serial killer Jeremy Skibicki should never see the light of day again as a free person. Skibicki has been sentenced to life in prison, with no chan...

A new analysis suggests it's already cheaper to operate electric vehicles than their similar gas-powered cousins, but the savings must get substantially higher if Canada is to meet its EV sales target...