Category Archives: Canada

REGINA - Canada’s environment minister says Saskatchewan will be subject to a federal carbon tax if it doesn’t sign on to a national climate change plan by the fall. Catherine McKenna says...

TORONTO - Survivors of the notorious St. Anne’s residential school square off against the federal government this week in another round of a convoluted legal battle over document secrecy. Among ...

MONTREAL - The popular restaurant-bar that became a symbol of the deadly 2013 train derailment in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic is up for sale. Le Musi-Cafe owner Yannick Gagne has set the asking pr...

OTTAWA - Self-described space buff King Philippe of Belgium began a weeklong visit to Canada on Monday with his wife, Queen Mathilde, saying he wanted to view the country through the eyes of an astron...

HALIFAX - The new Canadian bank note honouring Viola Desmond had a satisfying surprise for many African-Nova Scotians: an unexpected shout-out to Halifax’s historic north end, home to one of Can...

TORONTO - Canadians’ collective household debt has climbed to $1.8 trillion as an international financial group sounds an early warning that the country’s banking system is at risk from ri...

TORONTO - Ontario’s newly elected Opposition leader is vowing to spend much of the next three months on the road campaigning for a spring election, saying his party is focused on forming governm...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - In a case that divided Newfoundland and Labrador’s top court over what constitutes pet ownership, a man has been awarded sole custody of a dog following a break-up with ...

MONCTON, N.B. - The murder trial of a young Moncton woman has been told the teenage victim was found dead in a burned home with “numerous injuries.” RCMP forensic investigator Cpl. Patrick...

OTTAWA - The two top businessmen named to lead Canada’s new foreign investment promotion agency say they’ve got their work cut out for them. That’s because Invest in Canada and its d...