Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - The Alberta government, Ottawa and five major oilsands producers have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the multibillion-dollar Pathways carbon capture and storage project. The...

OSOYOOS - The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has issued an evacuation alert for dozens of homes and properties that are being threatened by a fire on Anarchist Mountain east of Osoyoos, B.C...

RICHMOND - The BC Nurses' Union entered mediation in its dispute with employers on Monday, with picketing set to end Tuesday night in recognition of the process. President Adriane Gear said the appoin...

MONTREAL - The Innu of Pessamit voted on Sunday to reject an agreement proposed by Hydro-Qubec and the Government of Quebec, which could have settled longstanding legal disputes and paved the way to n...

MONTREAL - When reflecting on the 1976 Montreal Games, it's hard not to think of the controversies surrounding the Olympic Stadium, whose problem-plagued construction and ballooning costs earned it th...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is shifting around some of the senior advisers in his office in a series of moves some Liberal strategists said shows he is putting his own stamp on government. Sco...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... U.S. and Iran vie for Strait of Hormuz, waterway key to global energy supplies, in latest attacks The United ...

TORONTO - Toronto's police chief says the deadly shooting that killed two people and sent thousands running for cover at a weekend street festival was a "targeted event," and he called for tougher pen...

MONTREAL - A Court of Quebec judge in Montreal has found fashion mogul Peter Nygard guilty of sexual assault and forcible confinement. The 84-year-old, who founded the now-defunct women's apparel comp...

EDMONTON - Alberta's regulated iGaming system is now live, starting the race for private sports betting companies and online casinos to stake their shares in the provincial gambling market. It makes A...