Category Archives: Canada
Dairy farmers warn against concessions as U.S. tariff deadline looms
OTTAWA - Canadian dairy farmers are warning against any concessions involving their sector as trade talks intensify with the United States ahead of President Donald Trump's tariff deadline. A new roun...
Aug 07, 2026
N.S. Court of Appeal says province can't deny people in tents enhanced income support
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that the province cannot refuse enhanced income support to unhoused people living in tents. The unanimous ruling by a panel of three judges over...
Aug 07, 2026
Old military transport aircraft to get new lease on life as waterbombers
OTTAWA - The federal government said Friday it is selling 10 of its used CC-130H Hercules aircraft to B.C.-based aerospace company Coulson Aviation, which will convert them into firefighting aircraft....
Aug 07, 2026
Two 18-year-olds charged in fatal Salsa on St. Clair shooting
TORONTO - A pair of 18-year-olds have been charged with first-degree murder in last month's deadly shooting at the Salsa on St. Clair festival, police said Friday, vowing to heighten security around o...
Aug 07, 2026
B.C. police launch wildfire arson investigations, as blazes raise trauma in Shuswap
Terry Evans was driving home from picking up groceries with his wife on the north shore of Shuswap Lake on Wednesday when they spotted a fire in a ditch and several residents scrambling to bring water...
Aug 07, 2026
Researchers confirm a tornado touched down in Repentigny, Que. on Aug. 2
MONTREAL - Researchers have confirmed that a storm that damaged trees and buildings in a suburb north of Montreal on Sunday was a tornado. The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University says the...
Aug 07, 2026
Ford calls on Carney to extend gas tax cut or make it permanent
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to make a gas tax suspension permanent, or at least extend it beyond its looming expiry. Carney announced in April that the gov...
Aug 07, 2026
Eighth federal byelection required by mid-April with Conservative MP's upcoming exit
OTTAWA - Voters are headed for an eighth federal byelection between Aug. 31 and mid-April due to the upcoming departure of Ontario Conservative Larry Brock. Brock, who was first elected in 2021 to rep...
Aug 07, 2026
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for July, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.4 per cent in July. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, howe...
Aug 07, 2026
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for July, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.4 per cent in July. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.3 ...
Aug 07, 2026