Category Archives: Canada

VICTORIA - It could be the middle of November before repairs are complete on a section of a natural gas pipeline that ruptured and burned earlier this month in central British Columbia, setting off a ...

OTTAWA - The Defence Department says Canadian fighter jets in Romania have intercepted a Russian military aircraft that was approaching NATO airspace over the Black Sea. Two CF-18s were scrambled Thur...

Ottawa gave $12 million on Friday to help a company extract magnesium from the waste of closed asbestos mines - despite warnings from Quebec’s public health officers that the province’s wo...

OTTAWA - The federal government is consulting experts and community leaders ahead of a new national anti-racism strategy, but in a series of secretive meetings to avoid them turning into public shouti...

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick Liberals say there will be a candidate for Speaker when the legislature sits on Tuesday, an apparent break in the deadlock that makes it no clearer whether Premier Bria...

TORONTO - What drives some people to sadistic violent sex remains poorly understood but Paul Bernardo’s contention that feelings of inadequacy led him to commit his savage crimes is junk, an exp...

HAMILTON - ArcelorMittal Canada Inc. is being given up to $49.9 million from a federal fund to help large steel and aluminum producers deal with the impact of U.S. tariffs. Economic Development Minist...

REGINA - Saskatchewan will have to wait until the spring for the province’s Appeal Court to hear the government’s constitutional challenge of Ottawa’s carbon tax. Environment Ministe...

JACKMAN, Maine - U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested a Canadian citizen who they say illegally entered the U.S. and hunted moose. The Bangor Daily News reports the person was arrested Tuesday near...

OTTAWA - Scroll through Ontario’s online cannabis shop and you’ll see strains of marijuana called Banana Split and Tangerine Dream. There are others with the far-out monikers Dreamweaver, ...