Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - More than 20 former Bloc Quebecois MPs called on party leader Martine Ouellet to step down Friday, in a letter published in a Montreal newspaper accusing her of being intransigent and weake...

TORONTO - A war of words has erupted between Toronto police and a broadcast journalist who claims she was pulled over because she is black. Marci Ien, a co-host for CTV’s “The Social,̶...

OTTAWA - The Canadian economy expanded at an annual pace of 1.7 per cent in the final months of 2017 as the more rapid growth seen earlier in the year faded further away, Statistics Canada reported Fr...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Researchers probing the frigid depths of the Canadian Arctic got a rare glimpse of one of the oldest and most elusive creatures on Earth, providing valuable insight into just ...

OTTAWA - The Liberals will delay billions in planned infrastructure funds until after Canadians go to the polls next year, this week’s budget shows, underlining slower-than-expected spending at ...

Five stories in the news for Friday, March 2 --- TRUMP URGED TO SPARE CANADA FROM TARIFFS The Trump administration is being lobbied to spare Canada from planned tariffs on steel and aluminum, even wit...

WASHINGTON - The lobby effort to spare Canada from incoming tariffs has been quietly unfolding for a year and has included Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, senior members of the Trump administration, th...

TORONTO - Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives began voting online for a new leader Friday as some of the leadership candidates expressed concerns about a complex system they said could keep some...

LAVAL, Que. - The body of a 14-year-old Laval, Que., girl missing since Monday has been found in a stream behind her school. Athena Gervais left Ecole Poly-Jeunesse at lunchtime on Monday but didnR...

PARIS - Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next week as part of his week-long trip to the country. The get-together will take place on Monday an...