Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - The federal Treasury Board president says there are no changes planned to the National Shipbuilding Strategy that would compromise the role of Halifax’s Irving Shipbuilding Inc. The sh...

TORONTO - The case of a young woman who was charged after climbing a construction crane near Toronto’s waterfront has been put over to next week. Police allege that Lindsey Flockhart, 34, damage...

MONTREAL - A downtown Montreal statue of Sir John A. Macdonald was spray-painted red early Friday, with an anti-colonial group claiming responsibility for the vandalism. It said it wanted to show its ...

OTTAWA - The loss of Saudi Arabian resident physicians in Canada’s hospitals will likely cause delays, but ultimately won’t impact the quality of care, says a health care group that repres...

OTTAWA - Canadians are generally supportive of current immigration levels, a survey of public perceptions commissioned by the federal government suggests - but they are also worried and confused when ...

FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. - The Transportation Safety Board says three people have died in a light plane crash at a remote Northwest Territories lake known for its spectacular scenery. TSB spokesman Chris ...

MOSCOW - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques was happy to be back on terra firma Friday as he emerged from a Soyuz capsule, took off his helmet and gas mask and wiped his face. Actually, Saint-Jacq...

HALIFAX - Ottawa is spending $42 million on 27 small craft harbours across Nova Scotia, aimed in part at helping them recover and prepare for the threat of climate change. Scott Brison, president of t...

FREDERICTON - Police officers and other first responders were arriving by the thousands - by car, on commercial flights, and even on chartered planes - descending on this small capital city for a regi...

TORONTO - Hundreds of patients in Ontario did not receive full doses of cancer drugs because of issues with how the intravenous medications were administered, the agency overseeing cancer care in the ...