Category Archives: Canada

RICHMOND, B.C. - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will be travelling to Europe next week on a diplomatic mission that’s raising questions about whether Canada expects to return to the ...

VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal is scheduled to release its decision next week in a case that combined nearly two dozen lawsuits calling for the National Energy Board’s review of the Tra...

OTTAWA - The head of the Bank of Canada says he’s fine with last month’s hot inflation number because he sees it as just a temporary spike in the data. Statistics Canada recently reported ...

MONTREAL - A quicksketch of Parti Quebecois Leader Jean-Francois Lisee, who is aiming to become premier on Oct. 1: Age: 60. Born: Feb. 13, 1958, in Thetford Mines, Que. Education: Law degree, Universi...

TORONTO - Emails from Ontario civil servants asking staff to stop using the term “climate change” on government social media accounts were based on false information, Premier Doug FordR...

TORONTO - A review into how Toronto police handle missing persons cases will take longer due to the “large task” involved, the judge leading the probe said. Ontario Court of Appeal Justice...

TORONTO - The president of the union representing workers locked out of Toronto’s Exhibition Place say talks with the venue’s board of governors have resumed. The labour dispute has led to...

WINNIPEG - A man previously convicted of killing his girlfriend in Thailand has been arrested in Manitoba on a Canada-wide warrant. Michael Karas, 61, was wanted in three bank robberies in Toronto bet...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says Canadian spending on cannabis increased 1.2 per cent to $5.7 billion on an annualized basis in the second quarter. Nearly 85 per cent of purchases were illegal, down fr...

MONTREAL - Jean-Francois Lisee invokes two sources of inspiration when asked about his chances of winning the Quebec election: late sovereigntist premier Rene Levesque, and a caped, cartoon dog. The P...