Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government has no plans to drag Canada permanently into the pipeline business, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Tuesday as he unveiled a $4.5-billion plan to buy the Tra...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland judge ruled Tuesday a man once suspected of being the notorious Halifax “sleepwatcher” will not have to obey a rare peace bond sought by police who ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s enforcement program has failed to collect $60 million in court-ordered spousal and child support payments over its lifetime, a problem that was hindered by an office amal...

Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, May 29 --- TRANS MOUNTAIN PLAN EXPECTED TODAY Finance Minister Bill Morneau is expected to lay out a federal plan this morning to get Kinder Morgan’s Trans...

An “inconceivable” opening-night cancellation of “The Tempest” due to a bomb threat at the Stratford Festival ended up creating its own kind of magic in the tight-knit communit...

Quebec’s system at a glance: For more than 20 years, Quebec’s subsidized daycare program has been the envy of parents in the rest of the country. The system offers direct subsidies to thre...

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - One of two suspects wanted in connection with an explosion that injured 15 people at a restaurant west of Toronto may be a woman, contrary to earlier reports, police said Tuesday. ...

MONTREAL - Canadian Pacific Rail’s more than 3,000 train operators walked off the job late Tuesday night while a second group of workers reached a tentative contract settlement with the rail com...

MONTREAL - When it comes to affordable daycare, Quebec’s low-fee program is the envy of many a parent in other parts of Canada. Under the much-vaunted but polarizing program introduced in 1997, ...

LABRADOR CITY, N.L. - Iron Ore Company of Canada workers in Labrador City, N.L., have ratified a new five-year contact to end a strike that lasted nine weeks. The United Steelworkers Union says about ...