Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Some facts and figures about the steel and aluminum industries in Canada: Steel: Production: About 13 billion tonnes a year. Sales: About $14 billion. Jobs: 22,000 direct, 100,000 indirect. E...

VANCOUVER - Ottawa is offering $500 million to businesses, local governments and advocacy groups for new ideas on how to cut Canada’s carbon footprint. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna say...

VICTORIA - It appears that Vancouver, which hosted the Women’s World Cup final in 2015, will not be part of the North American 2026 World Cup bid. The British Columbia government couldn’t ...

BURLINGTON, Ont. - A 49-year-old man from southern Ontario is facing multiple charges after allegedly defrauding Syrian refugees hoping to move to Canada of more than $200,000. Halton regional police ...

Saskatchewan on Wednesday tabled legislation outlining its plans for the sale of cannabis once the federal government legalizes marijuana later this year. Here’s a look at provincial and territo...

REGINA - Saskatchewan is proposing to set the legal age to consume cannabis at 19 but minors caught with a small amount won’t end up with a criminal record. The government tabled legislation Wed...

TORONTO - An Ontario man found guilty of killing a young Toronto woman who vanished five years ago is appealing his first-degree murder conviction and sentence, saying the verdict was unreasonable and...

A star minor hockey player and his mother were found dead in a home east of Toronto on Wednesday, hours before police arrested a man in connection with what they described as a double homicide. Howeve...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump’s new top economic adviser’s views on trade will likely thrill Justin Trudeau - so long as he’s willing to overlook some of his other views: ...

TORONTO - Bedbugs have been found in a classroom at Toronto’s Ryerson University, the school said Wednesday, noting that it was working to exterminate the insects. A spokeswoman for the downtown...