Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - A surge in exports of energy, aircraft and pharmaceutical products helped propel Canada’s economy higher in the second quarter of this year, Statistics Canada said Thursday. The economy...

TORONTO - This isn’t the first time incoming Soulpepper Theatre Company executive director Emma Stenning has faced the fallout of a sexual-misconduct scandal that rocked the arts world. The U.K....

TORONTO - In light of the #MeToo movement, some fraternities in Canada say they want to provide training to their members on matters of consent and sexual violence. In the past year, thousands of surv...

Seven stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 30 --- NAFTA TALKS CONTINUE IN WASHINGTON The new round of U.S.-Canada NAFTA talks have generated hopeful signals from both camps that a deal can be struck...

HALIFAX - More than five kilograms of diamonds and jewels. A Picasso worth millions. Nearly 50 kilograms in cash. The fate of many millions of dollars of valuables said to be carried aboard Swissair F...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba is aiming to speed up family court so that divorces, child custody disputes and other matters don’t drag on for years. Chief Justice Glenn Joyal of Manitoba Court of Queen...

VANCOUVER - A court has overturned Ottawa’s approval of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, halting construction on the project and sending the government back to the review phase...

OTTAWA - Maxime Bernier’s closest caucus ally says he has no plans to join the renegade Quebec MP’s new party. Conservative MP Alex Nuttall played a key role in Bernier’s unsuccessfu...

WINNIPEG - Four suspects are in custody after an RCMP officer was shot and seriously injured while responding to a break-and-enter call near a small resort town in western Manitoba. Assistant Commissi...

RICHMOND, B.C. - A refrigeration company and a municipality have been cited by WorkSafeBC under health and safety regulations after three workers died last year when they were exposed to ammonia at an...