Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $16 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Aug. 24 will grow to approximately $24 million. The...

SAN DIEGO - Officials have identified a 12-year-old Canadian girl as the victim of a deadly boat accident in California. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office says Lia Rose Barakett was...

BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada says it has killed one of two bison bulls that wandered away from Banff National Park. Officials said the animal was moving toward private grazing land and posed a safety r...

OTTAWA - Maxime Bernier may be causing headaches for his fellow Conservative MPs, but his latest musings on “extreme multiculturalism” have been a boon for the federal Liberal party. The L...

Toronto’s mayor says the city must convey its “strong dissatisfaction” over the Ontario government’s move to slash the size of municipal council when local politicians and staf...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has outlined how it intends to compensate taxi drivers who’ve seen the value of their permits plummet since the arrival of ride-hailing service Uber in the provi...

BANFF, Alta. - An internationally known ski resort in Banff National Park says a plan proposed by Parks Canada could hinder its future success. The proposed site guidelines for Sunshine Village releas...

OTTAWA - A recent union-sponsored survey suggests an overwhelming majority of federal government auditors believe Canada’s tax system unfairly favours the wealthy over average Canadians. The pol...

MONTREAL - Rising fuel costs drove a 28 per cent year-over-year rise in the price of airfare and helped push inflation to its highest level since 2011. The leap in airfares - which moved in rough alig...

TORONTO - Visitors to the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto were greeted by picket lines and chats of protest on Friday as the annual event opened amid a labour dispute involving hundreds of wor...