Category Archives: Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada will deliver a decision Friday in one of Canada’s bitterest interprovincial feuds - the notorious 1969 Churchill Falls hydro deal between Quebec and Newfoundland and ...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government appears set to kill a Liberal bill that would ban discrimination on the basis of weight and body size. Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard introd...

YELLOWKNIFE - Two cabinet ministers in the Northwest Territories have survived votes on whether they should be expelled from cabinet. Glen Abernethy will keep his job in Health and Social Services and...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear former NHL great Guy Lafleur’s bid to seek damages stemming from an arrest several years ago. Lafleur was seeking financial compensation follow...

MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is heading to space - and a bit earlier than anticipated. The Canadian Space Agency confirmed Thursday Saint-Jacques, 48, will launch on Dec. 3 for a ...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it plans to divvy up $7 billion in maintenance and repair contracts for Royal Canadian Navy frigates to three shipyards, a political compromise that was met with m...

FREDERICTON - Premier Brian Gallant’s Liberals appear headed for defeat Friday, setting the stage for a Progressive Conservative government to take over in New Brunswick. Tory Leader Blaine Higg...

HALIFAX - A terminally ill Halifax woman ended her life Thursday with medical assistance, after issuing a final deathbed plea asking lawmakers to change Canada’s assisted dying law. Audrey Parke...

VANCOUVER - A mild earthquake has been recorded west of Vancouver Island in the same area where three more powerful quakes struck about 10 days ago. The U.S. Geological Survey says the shallow quake h...

OTTAWA - A woman, who lost her son to suicide that was later linked to his service with the Canadian military in Afghanistan, has been named this year’s Silver Cross Mother. The Royal Canadian L...