Category Archives: Canada

FREDERICTON - When New Brunswickers head to the polls Monday, one person will be prohibited entirely from casting a ballot: The woman in charge of the vote. The law doesn’t allow Kim Poffenroth,...

OTTAWA - The federal government is speeding up the timelines for the removal of rupture-prone tank cars from Canadian railroads. Ottawa has taken steps to phase out certain types of tank cars followin...

VANCOUVER - Mr. and Mrs. Smith “lived well.” Their “very successful family business,” illegally growing and selling marijuana for two decades, gained them properties in British...

TORONTO - Getting paid to smoke pot is no longer a toker’s daydream. A cannabis firm is looking to hire five pot aficionados from across the country to sample the company's wares and get paid to...

OTTAWA - Testing of prototypes to replace the federal government’s troubled pay system will begin within weeks, but there is no firm deadline for when a new system will be fully launched, the mi...

TORONTO - The New York Review of Books has amended a personal essay by disgraced former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi to acknowledge the “serious nature” of the allegations against him, sho...

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - The Muskrat Falls inquiry has been told that Quebec’s hold on the Churchill River’s resources has long blocked Newfoundland and Labrador from accessing elusi...

TORONTO - A timeline of events in the battle between the Ontario government and Toronto over the size of the city’s council. July 27, 2018: Premier Doug Ford announces plans to slash the number ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotians who don’t exclusively identify as male or female will have the option of choosing ‘X’ on their birth certificates under changes proposed by the province. Prop...

OTTAWA - More Canadians have likely slathered their late-summer corncobs with American-made butter in recent years - and it had nothing to do with U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands for more ...