Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - Hedy Fry is no stranger to election nights after more than three decades representing her riding in Vancouver as a Liberal member of Parliament. But election night Saturday, when she watch...

OTTAWA - It's illegal for kids under 18 to buy tobacco products in Canada and there's a movement afoot to make sure today's youth are never allowed to light up a cigarette - even after they come of ag...

WAINWRIGHT - Federal Defence Minister David McGuinty says there are deaths and injuries after an explosion and fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta. More coming. The Canadian Press

FREDERICTON - Daniel Allain is the new leader of New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative party after taking the majority of ballots in a two-person race. The upbeat former provincial cabinet minister...

CALGARY - An expert on low-carbon transportation says the roughly 1,000 compressed natural gas buses running in Canada are still considered "extremely safe" after one such bus was involved in a deadly...

MONTREAL - More than one in four adults in Greater Montreal experienced poverty at some point between 2016 and 2023, according to a new study suggesting poverty is more widespread than annual statisti...

Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem is warning that persistently high global energy prices will drive up the outlook for inflation at home. While Macklem said global resilience is being tested after ...

EDMONTON - Some separatists who rallied in Alberta's capital on the final weekend before a historic vote on the province's place in Confederation insisted their gathering was no last hurrah. Alberta's...

On Monday, Albertans vote on whether to stay in Canada or hold another binding referendum on quitting Canada. If the vote goes as polls suggest, a majority of Albertans will mark an X to stay in Confe...

EDMONTON - Here are the 10 questions Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is sending to a provincewide referendum on Monday. Question 1: Do you support the government of Alberta taking increased control ove...