Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s energy minister says a massive, experimental in-stream tidal turbine can’t be allowed to sit at the bottom of the Bay of Fundy for an extended period of time. Derek...

SICAMOUS, B.C. - A 23-year-old New Zealand woman has died after she and three friends jumped from a bridge in Sicamous, B.C. RCMP say it happened at around 2 a.m. Wednesday when all four people leaped...

OTTAWA - Major credit card companies have struck an agreement with the federal government to trim the fees they charge to merchants in a move Ottawa hopes will provide a boost to small businesses. Ott...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia says it is ready to “mitigate any impacts” if it loses more than 50 Saudi medical residents because of an international diplomatic row. The residencies, through Dalho...

MONTREAL - In what police describe as an elaborate show of force, up to 700 Hells Angels bikers and associates are expected to descend on a rural Quebec town this weekend for their annual national gat...

OTTAWA - A former soldier facing a murder charge in Ontario has lost a bid to halt his trial over concerns about delays in the case. The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear Adam Picard’s ch...

MONTREAL - A frustrated Osheaga concert-goer is seeking to sue the promoter after last Friday’s headline act showed up late and after she had left. Travis Scott, a popular U.S. rapper, arrived n...

MONTREAL - A funeral was held in Montreal on Thursday for Paul Gerin-Lajoie, a key architect of education system reforms in Quebec during the 1960s. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Gov. Gen. Julie Paye...

TORONTO - Police and courts in Toronto will receive $25 million from the Ontario government to bolster efforts to fight guns and gangs, Doug Ford announced Thursday, saying the funds would give author...

OTTAWA - The federal government has no plans to launch retaliatory economic measures against Saudi Arabia, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Thursday in the wake of a series of actions taken by the M...