Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne spent most of last year doling out big bucks for massive new electric-vehicle battery plants as Canada made some major moves to solidify its green...

MONTREAL - A Namibian man returning home from church and a second man have been identified as the two people killed in an early morning New Year's Day hit-and-run in Montreal. Court documents identify...

OTTAWA - The committee process for a testy piece of legislation that would recognize Mtis governments in three provinces has been extended until at least February. House of Commons committee hearings ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Ottawa to accept 1,000 applications from Canadians' relatives seeking way out o...

VANCOUVER - A top British Columbia law enforcement official says a recent court decision placing a temporary injunction on a law to restrict public drug use takes away police enforcement tools. Vancou...

OTTAWA - The federal government says a maximum of 1,000 Palestinian relatives of Canadian citizens will be able to apply to escape the Gaza Strip with Canada's help. The special extended family progra...

EDMONTON - A well-known Canadian lawyer who played a critical role in the release of Omar Khadr, a young detainee at Guantanamo Bay, has died. Dennis Edney died Saturday at the age of 77. The soccer-p...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is calling on Ottawa to conduct another NAFTA-style charm offensive to defend Canada's trade interests in the U.S. ahead of November's presidential election. ...

Montreal's oldest organization serving people without housing says it can no longer afford to serve meals on weekends. Accueil Bonneau, which operates a soup kitchen and provides other services in Old...

MONTREAL - An Amber Alert has been issued for a baby girl missing from the Montreal area. Montreal police say one-year-old Zeynab Cherrabi El Alaoui was allegedly abducted today by her 18-year-old mot...