Category Archives: Canada

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is expanding restrictions on where people can smoke tobacco and cannabis ahead of the legalization of recreational pot use this summer. Justice Minister Mark Furey issued a state...

MONTREAL - A Quebec teen who bought a lottery ticket for the first time to celebrate her entry into adulthood has walked away with $1,000 a week for the rest of her life. Charlie Lagarde won the grand...

OTTAWA - Neither the federal government nor the provinces have adequately assessed the risks a changing climate poses to the country and have no real idea what might be needed to adapt to it, conclude...

TORONTO - Parents across Ontario would be able to access free licensed care for their preschool children in two years under a $2.2-billion Liberal government plan that some critics said was a ploy to ...

LONDON - The Canadian computer expert who sparked a global debate over electronic privacy said Tuesday that the official campaign backing Britain’s exit from the European Union had access to dat...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is taking extra steps to crack down on companies that try to ship cheap foreign steel and aluminum through the domestic market, while sending a signal to the U.S. admin...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador’s latest budget relies on high taxes and heavy borrowing, pinning hopes once again on offshore oil prospects to eventually help control soaring...

Six stories in the news for Tuesday, March 27 --- CANADA EXPELS RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS Four Russian spies based in Canada have been ordered out of the country as part of a broader condemnation of the Kreml...

Quebec Finance Minister Carlos Leitao is expected to table an election-themed budget today ahead of the fall provincewide vote. The government has said it intends to introduce measures to reduce the p...

SASKATOON - The parents of a five-year-old autistic boy who died after falling into a pond on his first full day of school are suing the Saskatoon school board and the city alleging negligence cost th...