Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $9.3 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder somewhere on the Pra...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn’t saying what he is willing to do to keep a provision protecting labour rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer workers ins...

OTTAWA - The union representing Canada’s postal workers asked the federal government to appoint a mediator in its contract talks with Canada Post as it rejected the Crown corporation’s lat...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Disagreement over the body that resolves global trade disputes split Asia-Pacific countries at an international economic summit, leaving the annual gathering the victi...

HALIFAX - The man who leads the Canadian Armed Forces says military leaders have failed to grasp the importance of recruiting more women and minorities, partly because they have for too long relied on...

HALIFAX - The deputy minister of national defence has told a NATO meeting in Halifax that Canada is satisfied it is spending what it requires to meet its alliance and other military commitments. Jody ...

HALIFAX - The highest-ranking military officer in the United States is insisting U.S. troops will not come into contact with the thousands of migrants from Central America heading toward the U.S.-Mexi...

OTTAWA - A Vancouver lawyer who helped prosecute two of the Khmer Rouge’s most senior surviving leaders is breathing a little easier after a tribunal this week found the two elderly Cambodian me...

MONTREAL - Canada may be known for its wide-open spaces and wildlife, but the federal and provincial governments need to dramatically increase their efforts if they’re to save the country’...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Leaders from the world’s two biggest economies put Canada and its allies in the position of picking sides in the battle for world influence, as the United States...