Category Archives: Canada

SAGUENAY, Que. - For anyone wondering why Donald Trump has been tweeting about Canadian agriculture lately - Justin Trudeau insists that he is the instigator. The prime minister said Thursday that the...

REGINA - Saskatchewan’s premier says the recently imposed U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum have caused some projects in the States to grind to a halt. On Thursday, Scott Moe said seve...

CALGARY - Real estate entrepreneur and former alpine skier Scott Hutcheson is the first face and champion of Calgary’s potential bid for the 2026 Olympic Winter and Paralympic Games. Hutcheson w...

OTTAWA - The Senate has approved the Trudeau government’s landmark legislation to lift Canada’s 95-year-old prohibition on recreational cannabis - but with nearly four dozen amendments tha...

OTTAWA - Canada is waiting for the Iraqi government to sign off before launching the next phase of its fight against the Islamic State militant group, Gen. Jonathan Vance said Thursday. Canadian speci...

CALGARY - The City of Calgary will allow festivals to set up tents where marijuana can be consumed once it’s legalized. The so-called cannabis festival tents will have to undergo a review and be...

MONTREAL - Cirque du Soleil co-founder Guy Laliberte is getting into the cannabis business. Laliberte’s Groupe Lune Rouge has announced the purchase of 12.85 per cent of Ontario firm 48North Can...

OTTAWA - The military’s top general says he is not satisfied with the length of time it takes the Canadian Forces to conduct internal inquiries into suspected suicides and other deaths and is lo...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia Coroners Service says the number of suspected overdose deaths involving illicit drugs decreased by 23 per cent in April compared with a near-record month of fatalities ...

MONTREAL - A new group of mostly Lac-Megantic residents is seeking authorization from Quebec Superior Court to sue for economic and moral damages worth upwards of $5 million relating to the Lac-Megant...