Category Archives: Canada

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Plan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political parties...

OTTAWA - The 19-year-old charged with killing six people in an Ottawa suburb last week is set to return to court this afternoon. Febrio De-Zoysa was arrested last Wednesday night and is charged with s...

Two Alberta First Nations have asked the federal government to examine whether a component of oilsands tailings pond water known to harm fish and other animals should be classed as toxic. The move cou...

TORONTO - A unique Canadian program meant to ensure sexual-assault cases aren't closed inappropriately by police is set to run out of federal funding at the end of the month, its national co-ordinator...

COBOURG, Ont. - Kim Rudd, a former Liberal MP who represented a southern Ontario riding, has died. An online obituary says Rudd died of ovarian cancer on Tuesday at a hospice in Cobourg, Ont. Rudd, wh...

SASKATOON - A First Nations chief in Saskatchewan says his community needs a seat at the table after a probe into the release of a mass killer failed to include members' input. A joint investigation b...

EDMONTON - Alberta's utilities regulator has released a report saying the renewables industry poses little threat to agriculture or the environment. The Alberta Utilities Commission also says there's ...

PENTICTON, B.C. - The British Columbia government says farmers will get an extra $70 million to replant and strengthen fruit orchards and vineyards after two years of weather-related disasters. Premie...

VICTORIA - A pair of British Columbia philanthropists are donating the last $92 million from a "windfall" sale of their medical imaging company to the charitable foundation they founded. Eric Peterson...

OTTAWA - The office of Canada's auditor general confirms it fired two employees after discovering they were making extra money from federal contracts on the side. Karen Hogan's office says a third per...